Exec. files not being fd

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2 total messages Started by John Michael Zollinger Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:10

#2037

Author: John Michael Zollinger
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:10

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Help...For some reason my shell can't find executable files.  If I
compile a little C program and then rehash (I am doing that), it still
says that it can't find the file, even though 'ls' shows that it is
there.  In addition, adding entries to my PATH setup in the shell startup  
script doesn't seem to have any effect, but if I put an executable file
into the standard path, like '~/Unix/bin/' it finds it ok.

As you can see, I am at a loss as to what is wrong so any help would be
greatly appreciated.  Thanks.       


John Zollinger
john-z@cup.portal.com

Re: Exec. files not being fd

#2068

Author: Volker Herminghaus-Shirai
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 19:36

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In article <72576@cup.portal.com> John-Z@cup.portal.com (John Michael  
Zollinger) writes:
> Help...For some reason my shell can't find executable files.  If I
> compile a little C program and then rehash (I am doing that), it still
> says that it can't find the file, even though 'ls' shows that it is
> there.  In addition, adding entries to my PATH setup in the shell startup  
> script doesn't seem to have any effect, but if I put an executable file
> into the standard path, like '~/Unix/bin/' it finds it ok.
> 
> As you can see, I am at a loss as to what is wrong so any help would be
> greatly appreciated.  Thanks.       

First find out definitely what shell you are using. Then, make sure
you use the right startup script, i.e. .profile for sh, .cshrc
for csh, etc.
Do a `which rehash` to find out if some buzzhead wrote a no-op,
named it rehash, and put it into the path. Output should be:
	no rehash in <your_path>

I can't think of another reason right now except if your filesystem
or shell is seriously broken. If the above doesn't help try using sh
and csh alternatively and check if it happens on both. Also try
invoking the executable directly, i.e. ./myprog, or ./bin/myprog.

--
Volker Herminghaus-Shirai (vhs@qb.rhein-main.de)

Looks good on the outside, but -
	intel inside

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