'pwd' is "Present Working Directory" or something like that. Try typing it from the command line and you'll see what I mean. Bart On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 16:40, Michael Havens wrote: > my password? Where would that be? > > On Sunday 18 January 2004 01:40 pm, Bryce C said: > ~ ./dw > ~ Also, check your $PATH to see if your pwd is in it. > ~ echo $PATH > ~ > ~ On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 13:38, Michael Havens wrote: > ~ > I am teying my hand at writing a basic script. > ~ > > ~ > : > ~ > # @(#)dw -- -- > ~ > # > ~ > date > ~ > who -u > ~ > > ~ > So I type it in and then chmod 760 and after I try to execute it, it > tells ~ > me: > ~ > > ~ > command not found > ~ > > ~ > but it works if I 'sh dw' or 'sh path ~ > is ~ and that is where the script is and I think that directory is > searched ~ > first so there is no need for $PATH to be accessed.