On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[Please, don't top-post; see the list Guidelines]
That's not really it. The builtins are built in either because they're
part of the Shell programming language or because they affect the
Shell's own environment, e.g. its current directory. If cd were a
separate program it would execute as a process, change its *own*
directory, then terminate, leaving the Shell exactly where it was.
As to knowing that 'type' is a builtin, you could just ask it about
itself:
type type
Thank you, guys. You are terrific. Thanks for so much help.
Sorry that I didn't read the mailing list guidelines, sorry for the inconvenience I have caused.
Shame on me! And, I won't top-post again.
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