[Gloucs] Odd shell behaviour...

[Mick Brooks]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 02:56:22PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:

Hi Thomas,

> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 02:51:22PM +0000, Mick Brooks wrote:
> echo $PATH
> 
> It might be (by some odd coincidence) you have:
> 
> /usr/bin/X11
> 
> listed before:
> 
> /usr/bin

Well, I checked this already: /usr/bin is before /usr/bin/X11 in $PATH.
If they were in the other order would it make a difference? After
all, /usr/bin/X11/gv doesn't exist, so bash should keep looking,
shouldn't it?

> > What's 'strace gv' got that 'gv' doesn't?
> 
> So use the strace output to find out for yourself. :)

:-) Again, strace output makes no mention of /usr/bin/X11 and
immediately starts working with /usr/bin/gv - and I can't get an strace
of the not-working case for comparison...

-- 
Mick Brooks
michael.brooks at physics.ox.ac.uk