Thanks Larry -- I appreciate the info -- I apologize for giving the wrong
information.
Patti <hanging her head in shame> ;-)
Registered Linux user #184611
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 9/15/00, 5:16:46 PM, Larry Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [newbie] RPM destination:
> > Bring up Konsole -- type in "whereis java" (without the quotes) and it
> > will tell you where it is. Mine is at /usr/bin/java
> Patti, I haven't tested this extensively with Linux but with most
> flavors of Unix, whereis is principally used to find system-related
> files and searches only a specified set of paths. Thus, any specific
> paths created by an rpm install aren't searched.
> Generally using "locate" (after you've run it to set up a database of
> your files) is a good way to find stuff. In Linux it seems there is
> slocate from the GNU folks.
> Cheers --- Larry
