command not found

[Ignatios Athanasiadis]

The files, /opt/local and /opt/local/var/macports/software exist and when I run echo $PATH it includes the path /opt/local/bin.
However, the file /opt/local/bin/port does not exist.
Also when I used to run open whatever.pdf file a pdf file would open. Is this a macports related problem as well?
I may sound silly, sorry for my ignorance.

> On 2 Sep 2016, at 14:53, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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>> On Sep 2, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Ignatios Athanasiadis <ignathanas at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I tried to restore some files in my mac and they were restored unsuccesfully.
>> Now whe I try to access macports I get a command like: command not found.
>> Does this mean that I have lost all my ports?
>> 
>> Many thanks.
> 
> This doesn't necessarily mean that anything is gone. It could just mean that your PATH has been reset to its default value.
> 
> Does /opt/local still exist? Does /opt/local/bin/port still exist? If so, proceed:
> 
> What happens if you run:
> 
> echo $PATH
> 
> Does it include /opt/local/bin? If not, fix your PATH definition in your ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile.
> 
> 
> If you follow Chris' suggestion to re-run the MacPorts installer, it will automatically fix your PATH for you, if that was the problem. It will also reinstall /opt/local/bin/port and the other parts of MacPorts, without affecting any ports you had installed.
> 
> 
> You can also check /opt/local/var/macports/software. That's where your installed ports are stored. If that directory exists and contains lots of stuff, then your ports are still installed.
>