Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 02:05:06 -0400 From: "Christopher J. Booth" <cbooth@onyx.interactive.net> To: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where Are My Commands Message-ID: <199706110605.CAA00697@ithaca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 23:19:07 CDT." <339E273B.3674D870@nconnect.net>
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> > Are the directories on your current path ?? > I am elated! Randy, you hit the nail right on the head. I was about to email you and say something like "Er, uh, um, how do I find out if it is not, and how do I fix it", but I went back to my stack of UNIX/FreeBSD/Linux books, couldn't find the answer in the first 4 or 5 I looked in (I have tried to figure paths out before, only getting more confused in the process), checked in UNIX in a Nutshell, and WHAM! A cross between lightning and a lightbulb above my head! That was the problem, and I have fixed it. I now have X up (fvwm, not the default!), and my commands are working, and I just learned a _lot._ Paths and shell environments!! There is nothing like the satisfaction when you've learned something. (This may seem like a small thing, but it means that I have come along enough to be able to make sense of something new in _UNIX in a Nutshell_, and the first time I looked in the book it was all gobbledygook to me.) My thanks to you, Randy, for your question, and your answer! [Maybe Greg Lehey could add a comment about paths at the end of Chapter 7 of _The Complete FreeBSD._ The /usr/X11R6/bin path was not added, xinit and startx didn't, and as a newbie I was flummoxed. :) ] Thanks again! -- ________________________________ Chris Booth cbooth@onyx.interactive.net
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