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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 1998 07:17:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Brian Beattie <Brian_Beattie@Atlas.com>
To:        tim@v-com.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: perl: scripts to commands...weird
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980305071255.19978K-100000@coyote.prepaid.atlas.com>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19980305075844.006cffc0@v-com.com>

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On Wed, 4 Mar 1998 tim@v-com.com wrote:

> 
> 3. I have to move it into one of the bin directories that is in my shell
> path. (I'm using csh as default)


Thats what path is for and unlike DOS the current directory is not in the
path, unless explictly listed.

> 4. I have to launch another shell or log out and log back in to my current
> one for it all to take effect.
> 

This is because csh keeps a hash table of executables, I forget the exact
rules, in your path.

Try the rehash command, to get csh to rebuild it's hash


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