*BSD News Article 5545


Return to BSD News archive

Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!know!mips2!cass.ma02.bull.com!think.com!ames!sgi!rigden.wpd.sgi.com!rpw3
From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: binaries are unavailable when moved to /usr/bin until re-logon
Message-ID: <q83scfo@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 24 Sep 92 05:56:39 GMT
Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Lines: 18

jaenicke@emserver.ee.tu-berlin.de (Lutz Jaenicke) writes:
+---------------
| Try rehash, since for performance reasons the path is only scanned once
| one the path is set and you have to rehash the list (or re-set the path)
| after moving executables.
+---------------

Which I have always considered one of csh's more unfriendly botches. It
ought to try an automatic rehash whenever that happens, before failing.


-Rob

-----
Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510		rpw3@sgi.com
Silicon Graphics, Inc.		(415)390-1673
2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA  94043