-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Paul Lussier hath spake thusly: > True, but then you have to know what that path is, and that might > change between systems. Which means that for any given Unix system, > the command then becomes: > > $ which rm > /bin/rm > $ /bin/rm .....
Well, commands can move, yes... though I don't remember seeing a Unix system where rm (and most of the more necessary commands) was not in /bin (or at least had a symlink that pointed there, in the case of recent Unix systems that only have a /usr/bin). However, if you don't know the path, the command can still be only: $ `which rm` ... - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8AYVvdjdlQoHP510RAqoOAKC5+iIWZcagowvXV6kGZdoTfLAzZwCeMJPK zwe7OTpzyoSwOUL0u6BJBHM= =4E3t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************