$PATH question

Thu Feb 27 16:08:07 MST 2014

There is a utility called WHICH and you can use it by typing WHICH
KILLSOL.SH and it will give you some output. That is what I want! I don't
care about killsol's output. Just type "which killsol.sh"! Does your bashrc
set your path? Does your bashrc source any files in /etc?
On Feb 27, 2014 3:55 PM, "Dazed_75" <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sean, as stated before, I do have a bashrc and it is being adhered to by
> the system.  There IS NO OUTPUT from killsol.sh.  It is designed to kill a
> process if it exists and do so silently whether the process exists or not.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM, sean <sean.a.ritzler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> jmcphe at gmail.com
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