Re: command line tools and $PATH

[Matt Rice]

--- tgate <tgate@mypublic.net> wrote:

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> I'm going step by step through some of the learning
> material on line and
> I'm a bit confused by some of my results.
> 
> I'm following this (A First Tool):
>
http://www.gnustep.it/nicola/Tutorials/WritingMakefiles/node2.html
> 
> the source code (test.m):
> 
> #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
> 
> int
> main (void)
> {
>   NSLog (@"This is the TEST program");
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> 
> when I compile and install, if I enter the full path
> the tool works
> fine, however if I only specify the tool without the
> path nothing returns.
> 
> %> which test
> ./test
> %> test
> %> ./test
> 2006-11-13 11:12:13.664 test[18076] This is the TEST
> program
> 
> 
> why do I need to put in the full path?

another executable named test exists in your path, 
which is used for shell scripting and stuff



 
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