Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:06:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: tMind@bigfoot.com (Tenacious) Cc: ethanol@netvigator.com (Ethanol Yip), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Command not found" Message-ID: <199910251806.NAA18727@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <006501bf1f0b$766512e0$3c29a8c0@tci.rdo> from "Tenacious" at Oct 25, 1999 01:07:39 PM
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By default "." (the directory you are currently in) is not in your $PATH. Either put "." in you $PATH, which is dangerous and insecure, or run the command as ./sysinstall or ./a.out. In a previous message, Tenacious said: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01BF1EE9.EA37C540 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Try /stand/sysinstall > or cd /stand; ./sysinstall > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: Ethanol Yip=20 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:45 AM > Subject: "Command not found" > > > > Dear Sir, > > I am new to FreeBSD. > =20 > During my first logon after re-installing the FreeBSD, = > I executed the command sysinstall in /stand but failed, with a message = > "command not found". Similarly, after my successful compilation of my C = > source, the same message appeared when I executed the file a.out or any = > executables created by ( cc -o executable source). > =20 > In both cases, I can "see" the executables and list = > them by ls. > =20 > Is there something wrong with the FreeBSD or my = > working environment? > =20 > Ethanol > =20 > > =20 > =20 > > ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01BF1EE9.EA37C540 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = > HTML//EN"> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2721.2900" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Try /stand/sysinstall</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>or cd /stand; ./sysinstall</FONT></DIV> > <BLOCKQUOTE=20 > style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = > 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> > <DIV=20 > style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = > black"><B>From:</B>=20 > <A href=3D"mailto:ethanol@netvigator.com" = > title=3Dethanol@netvigator.com>Ethanol=20 > Yip</A> </DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 > href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org"=20 > = > title=3Dfreebsd-questions@freebsd.org>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org</A> = > </DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 19, 1999 = > 10:45=20 > AM</DIV> > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> "Command not = > found"</DIV> > <DIV><BR></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Dear Sir,</FONT></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000=20 > = > size=3D2> &nbs= > p; =20 > <FONT color=3D#000000>I am new to FreeBSD.</FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = > color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT=20 > = > color=3D#000000> &nb= > sp; =20 > During my first logon after re-installing the FreeBSD, I executed the = > command=20 > sysinstall in /stand but failed, with a message "command not found".=20 > Similarly, after my successful compilation of my C source, the same = > message=20 > appeared when I executed the file a.out or any executables created by = > ( cc -o=20 > executable source).</FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = > color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT=20 > = > color=3D#000000> &nb= > sp; =20 > In both cases, I can "see" the executables and list them by=20 > ls.</FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = > color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT=20 > = > color=3D#000000> &nb= > sp; =20 > Is there something wrong with the FreeBSD or my working=20 > environment?</FONT></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = > color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ethanol</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT = > color=3D#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT=20 > color=3D#000000> </FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> > > ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01BF1EE9.EA37C540-- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- "The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing." -- Dizzy Dean explaining how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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