Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC Linux newby needs help

Bill Vance wrote:

>
> If you're in the same directpry you could try prefixing the command with a dot
> slash, "./", or you could type, "source", and then the command as follows:
>
> ./EMC.RUN
> or
> source EMC.RUN
>
> Are you sure these are in all caps? In *ix the names: FileName, Filename,
> fileName, and filename, are 4 different file names, as the filenames are case
> sensitive.
>
> You also don't seem to have the dir containing the, "which", and, "modprobe",
> commands in your $Path variable, where they can automatically looked for. I'm
> not sure where that should be on your system. If you type:
>
> echo $PATH
>
> it should look something like the following colon seperated list:
>
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
>
> You can add to that list by typing it in with the addition as follows:
>
> PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/java/bin"
>
> however this only works for the shell window you're in, and for this session.
> If you want it to come up with the addition every time you boot/reboot, you need
> to add it to your shells .bashrc or .profile file, in your dir. If you want it
> to be available system wide, then you do that in the /etc directory. I assumed
> that you're using the bash shell there.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Bill
>

Hi Bill, I used upper case as emphasis in the message.The idea that it
may be the path seems most likely. I think I have the system twisted a
little and plan to reinstall soon, I wanna see the machine move with
EMC. Learning curve dead ahead!! Ed.