Thanks to all for the tips. 'rehash' works fine on the c-shell and 'hash' works fine under the bash shell.
Warren -----Original Message----- From: Feldman, Gerry Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: executables in path I've never had that problem in bash or ksh. If you are a C Shell user, try issuing rehash. On 13 Mar 2002 at 10:25, Mansur, Warren wrote: > Hi, > > I have a maybe dumb question. > (1) I get an interactive session where executable 'xx' doesn't exist in my path > (2) I create the executable perhaps by copying via ftp or other means > (3) If I try to execute 'xx' it says it doesn't exist unless I log out and then log back in again (unless of course I specify the full path) > > Is there a way for me to say to the shell "update your executables list" without logging out? > > Thanks in advance, > > Warren Mansur > RELIABLE TRANSACTION ROUTER > http://www.compaq.com/rtr > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** -- Jerry Feldman Portfolio Partner Engineering 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/ Compaq Computer Corp. 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 Marlboro, Ma. 01752 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
