Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:16:40 +0930 From: David Lloyd <lloy0076@adam.com.au> To: MET <met@uberstats.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linking applications to /usr/local/bin/ Message-ID: <3DAA5A40.DEB4D2F5@adam.com.au> References: <200210140124.46815.met@uberstats.com>
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Matthew, > Why does linking an application such as java/javac to the /usr/local/bin/ > directory make the java and javac commands global? Whereas 'kmail' is not in > there, but if I type it Kmail will launch anyways. Do a "which kmail". You probably need to read about how FreeBSD (and Linux and DOS for that matter) work out where commands should be looked for if you just type "commmand_foo". Look for discussions about PATH and the PATH variables. DSL -- The Linux C Programming Lists: * http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/linuxcprogramming/ The Linux C++ Programming Lists: * http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/tuxcpprogramming/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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