cmd to run after installing a new FreeBSD package
Paul Hamilton
paul at bdug.org.au
Wed Jun 18 16:36:39 PDT 2003
Thanks Dirk-Willem and Markie,
That was the command I was after. Thanks for that!
Cheers,
Paul Hamilton
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dirk-Willem van
Gulik
Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2003 11:23 PM
To: Fox
Cc: Paul Hamilton; Freebsd-Questions
Subject: Re: cmd to run after installing a new FreeBSD package
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Fox wrote:
> > There is a FreeBSD command that you should run after installing a
package,
> > which will 'refresh' the path. After running this command, you will
have
> > access to the new package command (ie. lynx). It saves you having to
logout
> > and relog back in.
This depends on your shell. Some require the use of the command
rehash
csh and bash I think are guilty of this. The real shell /bin/sh is fine
and will pick it up itself.
>From man csh
rehash Causes the internal hash table of the contents of the
directories in the path variable to be recomputed. This
is
needed if new commands are added to directories in the
path
while you are logged in. This should only be necessary
if
you add commands to one of your own directories, or if a
systems programmer changes the contents of a system
direc-
tory.
Dw
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