$PATH question

[sean]

What's the actual output of `which killsol.sh` when it's not working?
It should say "which: no killsol.sh in ($PATH)". This will probably
not have /home/larry/bin.

man bash, see: INVOCATION to figure out where (and which) files need
to be. Upstream bash does not include ~/bin in the path by default. Do
you have a .bashrc? Have you modified it? I don't know what Ubuntu
does to the environment, but a .bashrc should set you straight.

Sean

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Prior to mu sourcing .profile, those commands showed nothing.  Once I ran .
> .profile, I get what I expected:
>
> larry at hammerhead:~$ which killsol.sh
> /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
> larry at hammerhead:~$ type killsol.sh
> killsol.sh is /home/larry/bin/killsol.sh
> larry at hammerhead:~$
>
> so the question really comes down to why is .profile not being run on login
> (I already said I do not have the two files which might prevent it).  This
> is Ubuntu 12.04 BTW.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:50 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>> Pls show the output of:
>> which foo.sh
>> or
>> type foo.sh
>> ET
>>
>>
>> Dazed_75 writes:
>>>
>>> I thought $PATH contained the series of paths searched to find an
>>> executable file by the name specified on the command line.  Specifically
>>> if
>>> my $ENV contains a $PATH which reads:
>>> /home/larry/bin:<more paths>
>>> that an executable file like foo.sh found in /home/larry/bin/ could be
>>> run
>>> by simply typing foo.sh on the command line.  What am I doing wrong as it
>>> does not work though it does if I type ./bin/foo.sh while in
>>> /home/larry/?
>>> --
>>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
>>> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to
>>> multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses
>>> from a forwarded message body before clicking Send.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
>
> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to
> multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses from
> a forwarded message body before clicking Send.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss