Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:47:21 -0700 From: Patrick Calkins <pcalkins@oemsupport.com> To: 'Matthew Emmerton' <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, "Freebsd-Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Path environment var Message-ID: <9B9CB6555E6BA049BC2B857E7711C24F0239AE@puke.reno.oemsupport.com>
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> I have been wrestling with this for months - I install a new program, it > copies its exec's into /bin /sbin /usr/local/bin, etc all just fine. But I > can't run them without explicitly calling them /usr/local/bin/whatever even > though those are in the path. Do I need to re-fresh the path, so it sees > them again?? I am using the default shell on FreeBSD 4.2 If you're using csh (which I think is the default shell), you need to issue a 'rehash' command to rebuild csh's cache of files available in the PATH. -- Matt Emmerton Ok, 'rehash' does sound VERY familiar! I do thank you very much for easing this troubling pain!! :o) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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