From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 22 9:35:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D915152AD for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:35:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:35:01 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5FAE@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: "'charon@freethought.org'" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: commands to execute programs Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:35:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sure, pkg_info -f or go to the directory of the port and type more pkg/PLIST -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: charon@freethought.org [SMTP:charon@freethought.org] > Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:25 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: commands to execute programs > > Is there any way to find out what the command for a program (installed > from > the ports) will be without guessing? For example, I installed Netscape > and > then typed the command 'netscape' and it executed (a 'which netscape' told > me where the file was). However, I installed x-files and can't figure out > the command ('which x-files' and 'which xfiles' fail. A 'which files' > finds something, but I don't know what program it is - it doesn't identify > itself when executed, and I also installed filerunner and can't find that > - > 'which filerunner' comes up empty.). > > Also, why do some programs (like rc5des) have to be run with a full > pathname and others can be run with just the program name? Is it that the > latter type are in /usr/local/bin? > > Thanks, > > > > __________________________________________ > Charon@freethought.org > http://members.home.net/tuathadedanann/ > > "Unthinking respect for authority > is the greatest enemy of truth." > -Albert Einstein > __________________________________________ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message