On Sunday 15 June 2008 00:12:44 Ben Abbott wrote: > On Jun 14, 2008, at 11:25 PM, James Coyle wrote: > > Hi- > > > > I'm studying the Terminal and a book I'm using states that if I start > > from my home directory, then enter P, and then a Tab, I'll get a > > choice of every entry in my home directory that starts with P. I tried > > this once and was successful. Now, though, when I try the same > > command, I get only once choice "PPCExplain" which is located in / > > Documents/usr/bin, not my home directory. I've deleted preferences > > etc. and even when I enter a different letter, the Terminal output > > only directs me to entries in the Developer folder. > > > > I'm beginning to think that perhaps long ago I made a change in some > > Fink config file that is pointing the Terminal in the "wrong" > > direction. Might that be the case here and if so, what would I need to > > do to change this? > > > > Thanks. > > First a question ... are you sure it is /Documents/usr/bin ? ... not / > Developer/usr/bin ? > > In any event, what do you get when you type "pwd" followed by > <return>? ... I suspect your are not in your home directory, but in / > Developer/usr/bin. > > Try typing > > cd ~ > cd P<tab> > > and see what happens. > > Ben > >
You should be able to find any executable that is in your PATH this way. I don't really think you can blame Fink's configuration for this, unless you edited something yourself that you shouldn't have, since Fink doesn't put its environment modifications in fink.conf . If you run printenv PATH what do you get? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
