Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:35:40 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'charon@freethought.org'" <charon@freethought.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: commands to execute programs Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5FAE@site2s1>
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Sure,
pkg_info -f <name_of_package>
or go to the directory of the port and type
more pkg/PLIST
-Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charon@freethought.org [SMTP:charon@freethought.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:25 PM
> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: commands to execute programs
>
> Is there any way to find out what the command for a program (installed
> from
> the ports) will be without guessing? For example, I installed Netscape
> and
> then typed the command 'netscape' and it executed (a 'which netscape' told
> me where the file was). However, I installed x-files and can't figure out
> the command ('which x-files' and 'which xfiles' fail. A 'which files'
> finds something, but I don't know what program it is - it doesn't identify
> itself when executed, and I also installed filerunner and can't find that
> -
> 'which filerunner' comes up empty.).
>
> Also, why do some programs (like rc5des) have to be run with a full
> pathname and others can be run with just the program name? Is it that the
> latter type are in /usr/local/bin?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
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