Re: bash tries to execute not existing binaries

[Defresne Sylvain <sylvain.defresne@enst-bretagne.fr>]

Hell,
* Cajus Pollmeier (C.Pollmeier@gmx.net) wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Not a big problem, but I'd like to know if there is a better solution for 
> that:
> 
> I had a self compiled binary "/usr/local/bin/blah". Another version of this 
> binary is in "/usr/bin/blah". The bash path is set to take the one from 
> /usr/local first, executing it works fine.
> After deleting /usr/local/bin/blah, the bash tells me "/usr/local/bin/blah no 
> such file or directory" after typing "blah" at the prompt. Using a new 
> terminal solves this problem.
> Is there a more elegant way to "rehash" the binary paths?

	Try settin the `checkhash' option of bash:

shopt -s checkash

	So bash will look in the path each time the hashed program is
	not found.

	You can also type:

hash -r

	That will clear the hash table used by bash.

> Thanks,

Bye
-- 
DEFRESNE Sylvain