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Date:      Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:36:21 +0800
From:      "Paul Hamilton" <paul@bdug.org.au>
Cc:        "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: cmd to run after installing a new FreeBSD package
Message-ID:  <AGEHIFHGNEMPFNCPLONMIEGHEMAA.paul@bdug.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <20030618172113.W4772-100000@foem>

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Thanks Dirk-Willem and Markie,

That was the command I was after.  Thanks for that!

Cheers,

Paul Hamilton


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dirk-Willem van
Gulik
Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2003 11:23 PM
To: Fox
Cc: Paul Hamilton; Freebsd-Questions
Subject: Re: cmd to run after installing a new FreeBSD package




On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Fox wrote:

> > There is a FreeBSD command that you should run after installing a
package,
> > which will 'refresh' the path.  After running this command, you will
have
> > access to the new package command (ie. lynx).  It saves you having to
logout
> > and relog back in.

This depends on your shell. Some require the use of the command

	rehash

csh and bash I think are guilty of this. The real shell /bin/sh is fine
and will pick it up itself.

>From man csh
           rehash  Causes the internal hash table of the contents of the
                   directories in the path variable to be recomputed.  This
is
                   needed if new commands are added to directories in the
path
                   while you are logged in.  This should only be necessary
if
                   you add commands to one of your own directories, or if a
                   systems programmer changes the contents of a system
direc-
                   tory.


Dw

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