Re: Unidentified subject!

[Bill Davidsen]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Davidsen)
> 
> >"Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >> /usr/bin/which is an ELF executable on Red Hat Linux, but I agree
> >> that it definitely is not an application that can be expected to
> >> be portable.
> 
> >  One of the reasons bash added 'type' as a builtin.
> 
> "Type"  is a shell builtin at least since 1982.

  I didn't know bash had been around that long, but why is the date
relevant to the choice to include the feature when designing bash?

-- 
   -bill davidsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me


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