$PATH question

[sean]

So, again, what is the output of "which killsol.sh"? Also do you have a
.bashrc? If not try renaming your .profile to .bashrc.
On Feb 27, 2014 3:48 PM, "Dazed_75" <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sean, when it is not working (I have not run .profile manually), it prints
> killsol.sh: command not found as expected.  When I have run .profile
> manually, it executes properly and the is no cli output as I designed.
>
> james, i get /bin/bash as my shell
>
> kitepilot, I get bash
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:36 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>
>> Or:
>> echo $0
>> ET
>>
>> James Mcphee writes:
>>
>>> dash uses /etc/profile, ~/.profile, and $ENV (if available).  grep your
>>> username from /etc/passwd to find your shell.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:04 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, we want the output of :
>>>> which killsol.sh
>>>> "which" tells you where "killsol.sh" is in your path.
>>>> And by "doesn't work" I mean when it is apparently not found in your
>>>> path. I want to see what "which" says when your shell does not run
>>>> "killsol.sh" by itself.
>>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Sean, there is no output from killsol.sh.  It either kills the desired
>>>> > process or does nothing.  And it DOES work when it actually gets run.
>>>> >
>>>> > Nathan, .profile actually checks to see if the is a .bashrc and if so,
>>>> runs
>>>> > it so putting in what you suggest would create an infinite loop.  BUT,
>>>> you
>>>> > gave me a clue.  I think ubuntu actually uses dash for the login shell
>>>> > though bash is the default user shell.  THAT may be why .profile does
>>>> not
>>>> > get run for the login shell.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Nathan England <
>>>> plug-discuss at nmecs.com
>>>> >
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I know different shells source different files when started, I'm
>>>> curious
>>>> >> to know which shell you are using.
>>>> >> (konsole, gnome-terminal, ...)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> If it works after sourcing your .profile then I would bet you need to
>>>> have
>>>> >> a .bashrc file with a line that says source ~/.profile.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Like Kitepilot, I too am curious to know what
>>>> >>
>>>> >> which foo.sh
>>>> >> or
>>>> >> whereis foo.sh
>>>> >>
>>>> >> tells us.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 2/27/2014 8:24 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Prior to mu sourcing .profile, those commands showed nothing.  Once I
>>>> ran
>>>> >> . .profile, I get what I expected:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> larry at hammerhead:~$ 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/?
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