Hi Oisin, Thanks for your advice. What I try to do is to locate where the execute file of a package resides. It can start the package. type -t evolution only show it is a file B.Regards Stephen On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 14:49, Oisin Feeley wrote: > > --- Iain Buchanan <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 13:11, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > What command line will be used to find the execute > > file of a software, > > > e.g. > > > > > > /usr/bin/evolution > > > > I think this is what you're trying to do: Try > > 'which'. For example: > > $ which evolution > > /usr/bin/evolution > > > > $ ls -al `which evolution` > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 579002 Nov 13 10:17 > > /usr/bin/evolution > > > > An alternative would be 'type evolution'. I'm not > sure which would be better though. 'type' is a bash > built-in. It seems to have the advantage that one can > use 'type -t evolution' to find out whether evolution > is an alias or a file. > > Oisin Feeley > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
