On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 08:16:02 (CEST), Mike Gabriel wrote: >> >> EXEC=`which $cmd` >> >> actually I would remove 'which' altogether. However, type is a bash >> built-in function if I'm not mistaken, so on distributions where bash >> is not the default shell, this may present problems... > > @Alex, Morty, Reinhard: any comments on this one???
Seems pretty pointless to me as well. Either $cmd can be resolved in the search path ($PATH environment variable), then `$cmd` would do the same, or if it is not, then the which or type call will fail as well. Cheers -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 _______________________________________________ X2go-Dev mailing list X2go-Dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
