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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!know!mips2!cass.ma02.bull.com!think.com!ames!sgi!rigden.wpd.sgi.com!rpw3 From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: binaries are unavailable when moved to /usr/bin until re-logon Message-ID: <q83scfo@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 24 Sep 92 05:56:39 GMT Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 18 jaenicke@emserver.ee.tu-berlin.de (Lutz Jaenicke) writes: +--------------- | Try rehash, since for performance reasons the path is only scanned once | one the path is set and you have to rehash the list (or re-set the path) | after moving executables. +--------------- Which I have always considered one of csh's more unfriendly botches. It ought to try an automatic rehash whenever that happens, before failing. -Rob ----- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)390-1673 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043