I asked :
>While trying to restore a system after a disk crash, I rebooted the
>system from an SLT and reloaded some files taken from another system's
>backup. Firstly, the command.pub.sys file was corrupted but that , I
>think , was another problem and I fixed that by rebuilding it. The
>problem I have now is that I cannot access any commands in the Posix
>shell. I get an "$" prompt and "unknown command" when I put in any
>commands (e.g. chmod etc). I think that part of the problem is that the

>/etc/profile file is missing or not being executed but how can I copy
or
>change it when I have no access to commands? It's probably an easy
>answer but I would appreciate any help.

Dave Debus sent me a solution to the problem as he had encountered
exactly the same problem three weeks ago. I employed his solution and
everything works fine now. Thanks Dave.

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Cheers,

John Dunlop

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