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Re: [Nmh-workers] Getting the location of the of the nmh executables from a script

2015-01-27 10:55:36
It probably depends on your shell.  But most shells should have the "which"
builtin

$ which scan
/usr/local/nmh/bin/scan

If you want to be super portable, there's probably a way to separate
the PATH variable using : as your delimeter and check echo entry
for $dir/scan ... but I can't get the splitting-up part to happen
off the top of my head.

--hymie!    http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie    
hymie(_at_)lactose(_dot_)homelinux(_dot_)net

norm(_at_)dad(_dot_)org writes:
How, from a script, can I get the location of the nmh executables. I don't
mean the location of the "fancy" executables that `mhparam libexecdir`
gets me, but the location of the "user" executables, like scan.
Yes, I know, it will be in $PATH, but I want to make sure that I get
the right component of $PATH.

   Norman Shapiro


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