Re: [PATCH 2/24] ver_linux: path2bin_test.patch

2015-10-04 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > As suggested by Jim Davis , this patch checks for > binaries in the user's $PATH first by calling 'which name-of-binary'. If > the binary is not found there, an attempt is made to find it elsewhere > on the system. 'whereis name-of-binary'

[PATCH 2/24] ver_linux: path2bin_test.patch

2015-10-03 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
As suggested by Jim Davis , this patch checks for binaries in the user's $PATH first by calling 'which name-of-binary'. If the binary is not found there, an attempt is made to find it elsewhere on the system. 'whereis name-of-binary' is used to that end. Below is Jim's reasoning behind the suggest