Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:40:29 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: pecold@abrcp.cz Subject: Re: /bin/csh Message-ID: <199511071440.AA15411@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: "Petr Kodl" <pecold@abrcp.cz> "/bin/csh" (Nov 7, 15:17)
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On Nov 7, 15:17, "Petr Kodl" wrote: } Subject: /bin/csh } It seems there is a bug in /bin/csh in 2.0.5 release. It sometimes } doesn't recognize executables on path (except . ). It happenes, when the } executable is added or created while csh is already running. If I } want the csh to recognize the new executable file, I have to set path } or run new csh, which is not very comfortable. Does anybody know } better solution. Well, that's not a bug, it's a feature :-) In fact, the csh uses a cache of paths to executables, and if you install a new one, you are expected to use the "rehash" builtin command, to re-initialise the cache ... (Changing the PATH does this as a side effect.) See the csh man page. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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