OK....I did some RTFM on 'type' and 'hash', which led me to open a new shell. That solved my reported problem, but I'm now back to my initial problem which is that when a run get_player I get "segmentation fault".
get_iplayer 3.06 PPA version, Linux Mint 18 On 25 November 2017 at 22:39, John Reay <john.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > john@system7 ~ $ type get_iplayer > get_iplayer is hashed (/usr/local/bin/get_iplayer) > > john@system7 ~ $ echo $PATH > /home/john/perl5/bin:/home/john/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games > > john@system7 ~ $ which get_iplayer > /usr/bin/get_iplayer > > john@system7 ~ $ get_iplayer > bash: /usr/local/bin/get_iplayer: No such file or directory > > john@system7 ~ $ /usr/bin/get_iplayer --pid=b09fx651 --vmode=best --force > get_iplayer 3.06-ppa31a, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis > This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty. > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain > conditions; use --conditions for details. > Matches: > 350: BBC News at Ten - 22/11/2017, BBC One, b09fx651 > INFO: 1 matching programmes > > On 25 November 2017 at 17:19, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: >> Hi John, >> >>> so I deleted the executable in /usr/local/bin. However even though >>> 'which get_iplayer' returns /usr/bin (the location where the PPA >>> version is installed) when I try to run it, something is still >>> pointing to /usr/local/bin. >> >> How do you know this? >> >> Try `type get_iplayer' as an alternative to which(1). That's built-in >> to the bash shell you're using and tells you what it will do. Is your >> $PATH set up to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin? What happens if >> you give an explicit path to run it, i.e. /usr/bin/get_iplayer? >> >> -- >> Cheers, Ralph. >> https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer