Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 22:40:08 -0500 (EST) From: David Raistrick <keen@damoe.wireless-isp.net> To: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command not found. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011092237510.78914-100000@damoe.wireless-isp.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011092208320.2751-100000@choplifter.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Tim McMillen wrote: > Why do i have to run rehash to allow the command to be found even though > it is in the correct place? Thanks, Rehash causes your shell to refresh its "cache" of available commands. Instead of having to search the disk each time you type a command, the shell builds a cache of available commands at login. Rehash tells it to rebuild this cache. Since the command was not there when the cache was built, the shell doesnt know how to find it. later...david -- David Raistrick Digital Wireless Communications davidr@dwcinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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