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Re: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8
- From: Eric Blake <ebb9 at byu dot net>
- To: Herb Martin <HerbM at learnquick dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:38:43 -0600
- Subject: Re: Another (differently) broken man on CygWin 1.5.8
- References: <EIL8XGD-0002Y8-NV@mail2.learnquick.com>
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According to Herb Martin on 8/14/2005 10:22 PM:
>
> cygwin (like Linux apparently) keeps a database of
> programs and so deleting an incorrect program
> on the path may leave the OS complaining about
> the missing item rather than using the now
> available correct item EVEN THOUGH the correct
> program is earlier in the path.
In bash, "shopt -s checkhash" tells bash to recheck the PATH when a
program disappears from its hashed location. "hash -p /usr/bin/man man"
tells bash to remember that man should be /usr/bin/man, regardless of the
path. And "hash -r man" removes the current hashing of man, making the
next use of man do a PATH search. (Read up on 'man bash' for more.)
- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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