Wrong path to init.csh which is also missing - how to correct?

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Wrong path to init.csh which is also missing - how to correct?

Hello,

when I try to invoke csh, I get the error

mac:~ me$ csh csh: /sw/bin/init.csh: No such file or directory. [mac:~] me%

I understand that my fink installation (which I have deleted long ago) did alter this. Problem is, I have no idea how to change it back so that csh will no longer look there.

BTW, running

mac:~ me$ find / -name "init.csh" -print mac:~me$

did not yield any results.

Installation scripts relying on csh will stop because of the error 😟 So what am I to do? Any help would be really appreciated!

Regards
Jim

AiPB 15'' 1,25 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 10, 2007 2:09 AM

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Answer 1

Bill Scott

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Mar 10, 2007 10:53 AM in response to Jim Knopf

It is in your ~/.cshrc file.

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Answer 2

b3av1s

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Mar 10, 2007 9:39 PM in response to Jim Knopf

You should already have /bin in your path. echo $path to check. You may want to take /sw/bin or /sw out of your path if it's there.

To set your default shell to csh, open up NetInfo Manager and under users/USERNAME/ set the shell property to /bin/csh.

My .cshrc file is there but its blank. I do have a csh.cshrc and a csh.login file in /etc. My csh.login file sets the path.

PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) MacBook Pro

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Answer 3

Bill Scott

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Mar 11, 2007 12:27 PM in response to b3av1s

Fink puts the line

source /sw/bin/init.(c)sh

into your shell's .whatever_rc file. That in turn sets various environment variables, including the path.

If you get rid of fink, your .whatever_rc file returns the above-quoted error when it can't find the file.

A better way would be for them to test for the presence of that file, and if it exists, then source the file, otherwise, do nothing.

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Answer 4

Jim Knopf Author

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Mar 11, 2007 12:55 PM in response to Jim Knopf

Thank you everyone. I simply deleted the file Bill mentioned,

~/.cshrc

in both of my accounts. Since then, no error messages appear anymore.

Thanks again for the quick help 🙂

Regards
Jim

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Answer 5

Mar 13, 2007 1:28 PM in response to Bill Scott

Yup. It does do a test now, but didn't used to, so if fink was installed "long ago", no test would be done.

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