Idiomatic way to deploy a shell script on unix

Question

I'm writing a small script to manage my installed JDK on a linux machine, say for example that the name of the script/function is usejdk.

I come with to ways :

usejdk is a bash function in shell script sourced the file in .bashrc or .bash_profile.
use usejdk as the name of the shell script and add it to the ~/bindirectory which is the PATH.

What is the idiomatic way to deploy a shell script on a unix machine between the two ?

Michael Hoffman · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-11 17:48:48Z

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If you are creating something for other people to use, a self-contained script they can put in their PATH and replace with new versions as needed is far easier, better, and maintainable than a function that will require them editing their startup files.

answered May 11, 2013 at 17:48

Michael Hoffman

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