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From: "Rockefeller, Harry" <Harry DOT Rockefeller AT flightsafety DOT com>
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 10:16:23 -0500
Subject: RE: bash - command - PATH question
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> On 5/19/2010 8:50 AM, Rockefeller, Harry wrote:
> > Given that 'foo' is a bash script, why is it that:
> >=20
> > $ foo=20
> >=20
> > returns the error:
> >=20
> > bash: ./bin/foo: No such file or directory

> What happens when you directly run ./bin/foo?=20

I get exactly the same error.  The error is correct.
./bin/foo doesn't exist. (I'm not in home directory when=20
I issue the command.)

> What is the shebang (first line) of foo?

#!/bin/bash
I thought it might have something to do with this and tried commenting
It out but nothing changed.

> > BUT since foo is *really in* PATH, e.g.,
> >=20
> > $ `which foo`
> >=20
> > runs correctly?

> What is the output of "which foo" in this case?
/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/harryr/bin/foo


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