From: Chris Gehlker <canyonrat@...>
Date: 2002-09-28T10:56:49+09:00
Subject: Re: windows xp command prompt


On Friday, September 27, 2002, at 03:26 PM, mike henley wrote:

> i have installed the activestate perl, python, tcl, and pragmatic
> programmer's ruby. when i go to the command prompt on windows xp and
> type perl for example... (or python, ruby... etc) i get the following
> message.
>
> 'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
> in the control panel| system | advanced | environment variables | Path
> i have
>
> C:\ruby\bin;C:\Python22;C:\Perl\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\W 
> INDOWS\System32\Wbem
>
> does anyone know what i should do to fix this problem? (apart from the
> obvious of restarting the machine)
>

I don't know much about Windows but on Macs, under tcsh, you either  
open a new terminal window or type "rehash" after you change  
environmental variables to get the shell to recognize the new values.
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