On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>So sprach Mike A. Harris am Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 09:48:03AM -0400:
>> That sounds sane to me. The only problem is guessing where it is
>> installed, or not specifying a path at all.
>
>Yep. That's really a problem, especially considering that 'which' cannot be
>used as it may be a csh script on some systems. Any idea how to portably
>use something like 'which'?
Not really.. If there was a portable way of doing it, then there
wouldn't be a need for "which". ;o)
One way is to include portable C source to 'which' and compile it
first, then use it.
>> "default pager" if PAGER is not set, is application defined
>> behavior. Most likely a compile time option in many
>> applications, or changed via patching on Linux systems.
>
>Hmm, yes.
>
>> I like the fact that less is the default in most Linux systems,
>> but it is not universal in UNIXland and should definitely not be
>> relied upon.
>
>That's *EXACTLY* my opinion. I never said anything different.
Then we agree. ;o)
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