[ESS-bugs] [ESS] trouble starting ESS

[Rodney Sparapani]

On 07/30/10 04:35 PM, Main, Regan wrote:
> This looks promising.  If I switch to my bash shell, it finds sas.  At
> the starting prompt, however, it can't find it.  I added the SAS path to
> my .cshrc file, and now "which sas" works at either the original or bash
> prompt.  However, I still get the same "No ESS processes running" when I
> try to launch ESS.
>
> ## BEFORE I EDITED MY .cshrc FILE
> speed 38400 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
> force % bash
> [regs>]which sas
> /usr/rand/sas92linux/sas
> [regs>]exit
> exit
> force % which sas
> sas: Command not found.
> force %
>
> ## AFTER I EDITED MY .cshrc FILE
> speed 38400 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
> force % which sas
> /usr/rand/sas92linux/sas
> force % bash
> [regs>]which sas
> /usr/rand/sas92linux/sas
> [regs>]
>    
That gives me an idea.  Try the following in your shell
and in a *shell* buffer...

echo $SHELL

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