paul... not sure what top-posting is... but, when i do a #which mysql , i get /usr/bin/mysql when i do #mysql , i get -bash: /usr/local/bin/mysql: no dir or file so, how do i find what's causing this... ????? is it posible the by typing 'mysql' i'm running something else, which is looking for '/usr/local/bin/mysql'?? how can i correct this??? thanks... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Howarth Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:24 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: basic question -linux path..(/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin) bruce wrote: Please don't top-post on this mailing list. > when i do an > #echo $PATH > /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/b > in:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/bin:/opt/condor > -6.6.6/sbin:/opt/condor-6.6.6/bin:/root/bin > > which says that i have both '/usr/local/bin' and '/usr/bin'. But crucially, you have the following directories *before* /usr/bin: /usr/kerberos/sbin /usr/kerberos/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /sbin /bin /usr/sbin So you are picking up "mysql" from one of those directories by default. $ which mysql should tell you where it is. > when i do > #mysql, i get > -bash: /usr/local/bin/mysql: No such file or directory You're probably running a script that is expecting to find mysql in /usr/local/bin > however, the mysql file is in the '/usr/bin' dir, and if i do > #/usr/bin/mysql, mysql runs.... > > the '/usr/bin/my*' dir is: > [root@lserver2 /]# ls /usr/bin/my* > /usr/bin/myisamchk /usr/bin/mysqld_multi > /usr/bin/myisamlog /usr/bin/mysqldump > /usr/bin/myisampack /usr/bin/mysqldumpslow > /usr/bin/my_print_defaults /usr/bin/mysql_find_rows > /usr/bin/mysql /usr/bin/mysql_fix_privilege_tables > /usr/bin/mysqlaccess /usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy > /usr/bin/mysqladmin /usr/bin/mysqlimport > /usr/bin/mysqlbinlog /usr/bin/mysql_install_db > /usr/bin/mysqlbug /usr/bin/mysql_setpermission > /usr/bin/mysqlcheck /usr/bin/mysqlshow > /usr/bin/mysql_config /usr/bin/mysqltest > /usr/bin/mysql_convert_table_format /usr/bin/mysql_zap > > any ideas as to how to get mysql to run from the command line..?? Find out where you're currently getting "mysql" from (see the "which" command above) and investigate why that command is present in that directory. Is it a script? How did it get there? Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
