newly installed apps not in path?

Atom Powers atom.powers at gmail.com
Mon May 15 13:47:05 PDT 2006


On 5/15/06, Charles Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:
> On May 15, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Atom Powers wrote:
> > Whan I install a new application (from ports) I have to execute it
> > with the full path until I start a new shell. (in sh, tcsh, and bash)
> >
> > What causes this behavior, and how can I fix it (cause newly installed
> > apps to be executable without a full path)?
>
> Try doing a "rehash"....

That does it; thanks.
Any reason the ports don't do this as part of the installation?

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