* Cannot run executable from eshell
@ 2020-03-19 14:18 Roy Lemmon
2020-03-19 14:30 ` tomas
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From: Roy Lemmon @ 2020-03-19 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi,
I have an executable (guix) in a directory under my home directory. I am
using eshell. I add that directory to PATH. But when I run the command, the
executable is not found. I have tried various methods such as addpath etc.
But eshell doesnt seem to search in that directory and find the executable.
If I give the full directory on the command line, it works.
See below:
$ /home/rlemmon/.guix-profile/bin/guix works correctly
$ guix does not work
$ echo $PATH $ /home/rlemmon/.guix-profile/bin:/home/rlemmon/bin:/ ...
$ addpath
/home/rlemmon/.guix-profile/bin/ /home/rlemmon/bin/ ...
All of this is done within eshell. I am confused as to what the problem
might be. Is there a standard way to set the directories where eshell looks
for executables ?
Note that I am using EXWM (under nixOS) and starting the eshell via a
command defined in my init file. Though the same situation exists if I
start it via M-x eshell.
Thanks
Roy.
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* Re: Cannot run executable from eshell
2020-03-19 14:18 Cannot run executable from eshell Roy Lemmon
@ 2020-03-19 14:30 ` tomas
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From: tomas @ 2020-03-19 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 02:18:31PM +0000, Roy Lemmon wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I have an executable (guix) in a directory under my home directory.
Is that a "real" executable? Or a script?
> I am
> using eshell. I add that directory to PATH. But when I run the command, the
> executable is not found. I have tried various methods such as addpath etc.
> But eshell doesnt seem to search in that directory and find the executable.
> If I give the full directory on the command line, it works.
>
> See below:
>
> $ /home/rlemmon/.guix-profile/bin/guix works correctly
>
> $ guix does not work
I doubt the error message looks like that ;-P
Now seriously: perhaps the error message provides some hints
for us to help you.
Sometimes (happens most often with shell scripts) you get
a confusing error message which might lead you to believe
the script was not found while the problem is that the
interpreter for your script isn't found [1]. In your case
possibly guile.
cheers
[1] Ok, ok -- for binaries it's the same (assuming you're
"on" GNU/Linux, that is). The interpreter is then ld.so,
but if your system doesn't find that...
-- tomás
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