[BusyBox] Problems with ash exec

arne @ loopback . org arne at matrix.loopback.org
Sun Aug 26 08:53:46 UTC 2001


On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 10:20:19PM -0400, Tom Cameron wrote:
> Hello,
> 	My guess (I don't know if anything has been committed to CVS for this
> question) is that when you do the `exec somecommand`, exec isn't
> searching the $PATH variable for the program (actually, the link).  This
> would make sense in the case that when you supply the full path to the
> link, the program gets executed.  Have you tried just typing, say, `vi`
> at the prompt?  If this fails also, then you have a problem elsewhere. 
> Let us know.

i have tried this (without the exec) and vi ist starting without any
problem... So it seems to be that the $PATH ist not searched for it in this
case...

> 
> -Tom
> 
> 
--arne





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