From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2006-10-27T12:25:05+09:00
Subject: Re: -bash: rails: command not found

Matt <matthewburton@gmail.com> wrote:

> I know lots of people seem to have this problem...I've been through the
> posts and have followed the advice, but I'm still having trouble.
> 
> Terminal isn't recognizing the rails command.
> 
> When I do a locate on rails, then echo $PATH, I'm told,
> 
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
> 
> However, when I go through these directories in Terminal, rails is not
> there. Instead, it's in usr/local/bin. My bash_login file reads
> 
> export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"
> 
> Why is echo $PATH telling me that rails is in a different directory
> than it actually is? And how can I get terminal to recognize the
> command?

locate has nothing to do with $PATH, and echo $PATH doesn't tell you
anything about where rails is; it tells you the value of your shell's
$PATH variable. To find out where your shell thinks rails is, say:

which rails

If rails is not in your $PATH, the reply will be something like:

no rails in /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/mysql/bin /bin
/sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin

To find out where rails really is, say:

find /usr -name "rails"

I suspect you need to sort out your $PATH. The fact that $PATH knows
nothing of, say, mysql suggests to me that whatever file it is you've
edited, it's the wrong file. OMM, the thing to edit is .bash_profile
(but of course YMMV)...

m.

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