Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Maybe you can use a function like this not tested one: > > check_cmd() { > cmd="$1" > > if type "$cmd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then > if "$cmd" -v | grep Apache > /dev/null 2>&1; then > httpd=$(echo "$cmd" | sed "s/apache2/httpd/") > fi > fi > } One worry I have with that approach is if any and all random implementations of "httpd" that live somewhere in path do not do any harm when started with "-v" option. Namely, they should exit without becoming a daemon and/or start the service. I am not convinced that would be the case. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html