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
> 
> 
> 
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