basic question -linux path..(/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin)

[Paul Howarth]

bruce wrote:
> paul...
> 
> not sure what top-posting is...

It's what you're doing, putting your reply *before* the entire quoted 
text to which you are replying, instead of snipping out most of the 
original text (so as to leave just enough context to indicate which part 
of the original mail a reply is about) and then posting your reply below 
the quoted text, like most people on the list do. This style of posting 
makes it easier to follow email discussions and is less wasteful of disk 
space, bandwidth etc.

> but, when i do a #which mysql , i get
> /usr/bin/mysql
> 
> 
> when i do #mysql , i get
> -bash: /usr/local/bin/mysql: no dir or file
> 
> so, how do i find what's causing this... ?????

OK, try this:
$ ls -l /usr/kerberos/sbin/mysql \
	/usr/kerberos/bin/mysql \
	/usr/local/sbin/mysql \
	/usr/local/bin/mysql \
	/sbin/mysql \
	/bin/mysql \
	/usr/sbin/mysql \
	/usr/bin/mysql
$ alias

Hopefully that will identify what's getting run when you type "mysql".

Paul.