On 9 May 2003, Stephen Liu wrote: >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 > 'type' attempts to interpret the name given as though it were a command and to report what type of "executable" it is. Everything in *NIX is conceptually a file, but the files being referred to by 'type' are specifically those that are also commands. When 'type' returns "file" as a type it means that the name is not a link to an executable file, not an alias of an executable file. It's an ordinary executable file. However, given your use of the word "package" you are probably better off following the suggestions of the later poster who suggested using rpm commands. Oisin Feeley -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
