Hi Mihai, >Just grab the nearest "Unix/Linux for dummies" manual for this > stuff. Got me! :-)
When I cd /usr/local/squid/sbin and then pwd it returns the same path, so does this not mean that the path is correct? It was not a problem before, but I have upgraded Linux SuSE 7.2 to 9.0 maybe it's down to a change in the version? > > >Means '.' was not in your current path. > > > > I don't understand. I set the path via cd /usr/local/squid/sbin > > No, you did not set $PATH, you only changed the current/working > directory. > > When you type a command, it is looked for in the directories from > $PATH; if . (the working directory) exists in $PATH (which is the > wrong thing) then the command will also be looked in the working > directory. This is different from DOS where the command is first > looked in . and then in $PATH. > > Just grab the nearest "Unix/Linux for dummies" manual for this > stuff. > > Mihai Buha >
