On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Rohan Shah wrote: > > OK I'm screwed, when I do: "type -a gs" i get: > > > > $ type -a gs > > gs is /usr/bin/gs > > gs is /bin/gs > > gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs > > gs is ./gs > > gs is /usr/bin/gs > > gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs > > gs is ./gs > > gs is ./gs > > gs is ./gs > > gs is ./gs > > gs is ./gs > > gs is ./gs
perhaps someone should educate him on the problems of putting '.' anywhere but the end of $PATH > > how do I get rid of all the entries except "gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs"? Is > > this what I have to do to get gs (and gv) to work? > > Why do you need to get rid of them? Just make sure /usr/X11R6/bin/gs is > the first one. Try perhaps. Wasn't someone a few months ago trying to eradicate /usr/X11R6/bin and move everything to /usr/bin? Before I reorder $PATH, I generally take a look for conflicts - http://invisible-island.net/conflict/ -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net