Path command

[Stephen]

On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 14:06 +0100, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 05/03/2013 06:54 AM, Stephen wrote:
> 
> > It seems like my path variable in Ubuntu 12.04 got corrupted some how.
> > Programs that I used to start in a terminal are saying path not found or
> > /dir/dir/dir/ is not in the path
> > 
> > When I type path in the terminal it says path not found. I thought it
> > was like dos and when you typed a variable in the terminal it told you
> > what the setting for that variable is.
> > 
> > Is there some way I can restore the path variable?
> 
> Another way to investigate your $PATH fully is to issue:
> 
> $ env
> 
> & that will list everything (& I mean everything).
> 
> Furthermore, unless you've written to your bashrc, bash_profile or
> profile it may just be temporarily screwed, so open a new terminal
> window & see if the problem persists.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   Phil...
> 
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> 

according to all the commands I have tried the path is good. Here is the
read out when I try to start samba

[sudo] password for stephen: 
root at Desk:~# samba
Unknown parameter encountered: "max log size"
Ignoring unknown parameter "max log size"
Unknown parameter encountered: "syslog"
Ignoring unknown parameter "syslog"
Unknown parameter encountered: "unix password sync"
Ignoring unknown parameter "unix password sync"
Unknown parameter encountered: "passwd program"
Ignoring unknown parameter "passwd program"
Unknown parameter encountered: "pam password change"
Ignoring unknown parameter "pam password change"
Unknown parameter encountered: "map to guest"
Ignoring unknown parameter "map to guest"
Unknown parameter encountered: "usershare allow guests"
Ignoring unknown parameter "usershare allow guests"
Unknown parameter encountered: "username map"
Ignoring unknown parameter "username map"
Unknown parameter encountered: "guest ok"
Ignoring unknown parameter "guest ok"
Unknown parameter encountered: "guest account"
Ignoring unknown parameter "guest account"
Unknown parameter encountered: "writeable"
Ignoring unknown parameter "writeable"
Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
Unknown parameter encountered: "writeable"
Ignoring unknown parameter "writeable"
Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"
Unknown parameter encountered: "valid users"
Ignoring unknown parameter "valid users"

Is there some way I can perge samba and do a fresh install. It won't let
me re-install it.

Thanks for all your replies and information I'm learning a lot.

Stephen