On Wednesday 11 April 2007 23:50, Jarrel Cobb wrote:
> Don't you have to run locate -u first to generate the database before using
> locate?  You can't just assume a database exists already can you?

not an updated one at least, updatedb can also be used to update.
and if you're in a little bit of hurry you can also use find -name "some part 
of filename here"

>
> On 4/11/07, Jim Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Mattias Thorslund wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have looked in the documentation but can't find it:
> > >
> > > My PHP script (which is run from the command prompt - CLI) needs to
> > > know the file system location of the PHP executable. This is because it
> > > needs to run a second PHP script. I know about the "which" command but
> > > it's not available in all OSes, and that might not be the currently
> > > running executable anyway.
> > >
> > > I could prompt the user for this, but that seems kind of silly. Surely,
> > > there must be some way of looking it up automatically?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mattias
> >
> > What OS are you working with
> >
> > Assuming you are on a *nix box this should work
> >
> > #locate "/php" | grep "/php$"
> >
> > this should give you locations that have /php as the end of the line
> >
> >
> > on windows you could do this
> >
> > cd \
> > dir /s php*.exe
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Enjoy,
> >
> > Jim Lucas
> >
> > Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different
> > strings. But there are times
> > for you and me when all such things agree.
> >
> > - Rush
> >
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