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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!jobone!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!sgkruk From: sgkruk@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Serge G. Kruk) Subject: Re: Can't run new programs until re-login?? Message-ID: <Cpp3B4.LD8@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Organization: University of Waterloo References: <2qpqm9$58m@news.tamu.edu> Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 15:06:40 GMT Lines: 17 In article <2qpqm9$58m@news.tamu.edu>, hickman@prism.tamu.edu (Dan Hickman) writes: > I am running FreeBSD 1.1 GAMMA. If I create a new executable file, > either by compiling it or by creating a script, I cannot execute it > until I re-login to my account. Is this normal? Is there any way > to fix it? yes, after creating a new executable (new name, not only new version), do a 'rehash'. This will re-read the executables in your paths. I'm assuming here that you are using csh. If not, then I don't know. Serge