[16086] in Athena Bugs
Re: netscape attachandrun/PATH problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Belton)
Fri Jul 31 16:47:58 1998
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 16:47:51 -0400
From: Todd Belton <tbelton@MIT.EDU>
To: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU
Robert A Basch wrote:
>
> On IRIX 6.x systems, we replace /usr/bin/X11/netscape with an attachandrun
> script for the program in the infoagents locker, as that explicit path
> is exec'ed by certain programs. In the case of SoftWindows95, it also
> seems to set an explicit PATH when exec'ing netscape, so that one sees
> the following complaints:
>
> UX:sh (netscape): ERROR: athdir: Not found
> UX:sh (netscape): ERROR: attach: Not found
>
> athdir and attach are invoked by the netscape script in infoagents.
> So, it seems that the infoagents script should use explicit paths,
> and/or we should ensure a reasonable PATH within the attachandrun
> facility.
>
> Bob
I'm tinkering with those infoagents scripts right now anyway, for the
4.05 changeover. I'll be happy to specify explicit paths for athdir and
attach, but ... um ... you'll have to tell me where they are :) On my
system (a Sparc 4), I see
athena% which attach
/bin/athena/attach
athena% which athdir
/usr/athena/bin/athdir
Are these correct for all occasions?
Confirm, and I'll change them on Monday. I'm about to vanish for the day
:)
-todd
