diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 186602a..3c6c39c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -395,6 +395,29 @@ Now you can adjust you config: ls -al ``` +## Q&A + +### Command not found (npm or other command) + +See the [issue comment](https://github.com/appleboy/ssh-action/issues/31#issuecomment-1006565847) about interactive vs non interactive shell. + +Basically, if you are running a command in a non interactive shell, like ssh-action, on many linux distros, + +`/etc/bash.bashrc` file has a specific command that returns only, so some of the files didn't run and some specific commands doesn't add to path, + +```sh +# /etc/bash.bashrc +# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells. + +# To enable the settings / commands in this file for login shells as well, +# this file has to be sourced in /etc/profile. + +# If not running interactively, don't do anything +[ -z "$PS1" ] && return` +``` + +just comment out the line that returns early and everything should work fine, or you can use the real paths of the commands that you would like to use. + ## Contributing We would love for you to contribute to `appleboy/ssh-action`, pull requests are welcome!