[LI] Bash caches pathnames

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

hash -r is probably what you need.  This used to be a problem in csh
many years ago for me, I thought bash had gone beyond this.

- -- Raju

>>>>> "Manoj" == Manoj Victor Mathew <mvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Manoj> A very strange thing happened just now!

    Manoj> I was (re)installing GnuPG. Previously it was installed in
    Manoj> /usr/bin directory. But this time when I recompiled, I
    Manoj> installed it in /usr/local/bin. Soon after install, when I
    Manoj> typed 'gpg' at the bash prompt on tty2, it said

    Manoj> bash: /usr/bin/gpg: No such file or directory

    Manoj> Just before installing gpg (from tty1), I had executed gpg
    Manoj> from the old installation (at tty2). Bash is obviously
    Manoj> caching details about the location of previously executed
    Manoj> programs (though I don't know why). BTW this occurred with
    Manoj> Bash 2.01.0 that came with Debian/GNU Linux 2.1.

    Manoj> -- Manoj Victor Mathew Cochin, India.
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