On 10Jan2012 22:34, c beck <[email protected]> wrote: | On Jan 10, 2012 6:18 PM, "Cameron Simpson" <[email protected]> wrote: | > It is important to type commands precisely. There are spaces before the | > dashes in the commands I provided, thus: | > | > /sbin/ifconfig -a | | Any reason for specifying the path to ifconfig instead of simply 'ifconfig | -a'? The program should be in the shell's path. I only ask because it | seems the '/sbin' is moving to '/usr/sbin/', at least as far as Oracle is | concerned (Via Solaris 11).
As I mentioned in the first post, /sbin and /usr/sbin are often _not_ in ordinary user's $PATHs. Root's $PATH, yes. There's no good reason for it, but it is the case. Anyway, it is easiest to be explicit for this particular purpose. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ What are politicians going to tell people when the Constitution is gone and we still have a drug problem? - William Simpson, ACLU ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
