Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:00:04 -0600 From: "Duke Normandin" <dnormandin@freewwweb.com> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: "Freebsd Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installed a port now I can't get it to run Message-ID: <000201bfd5f6$d42db6a0$42dba7d1@odie>
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On Tuesday, June 13, 2000 10:28 AM Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> wrote: >* Duke Normandin <dnormandin@freewwweb.com> [000613 07:55] wrote: >> On Tuesday, June 13, 2000 5:59 AM Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> wrote: >> >> >> I just installed the port for gimp, took probably half-an-hour or more >> >> to compile. Now when I enter gimp on the command line I get 'gimp not >> >> found'. >> > >> >If you're running a csh-based shell, you'll need to rehash. >> >> >> Totally newbie question: >> What does "rehash"(ing) mean/do? Is it analogous to "refreshing" a >> directory in Windoze? Tia.... > >Some shells will cache the PATH variable that tells them where all >the executables are, they won't rescan the PATH for new executeables >until after 'rehash' is used. Other shells scan the entire PATH each >time. Thanks bud...... I suspected it was something of the kind, but since I wasn't sure, I thought I'd ask. -duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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