Re: command -v in postinsts violating policy
On Tue, 28 May 2002 01:04:35 -0500
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
> >>"Jim" == Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu> writes:
> Jim> If you make it quiet, it will be about as useful as
> Jim> echo "" > /dev/null
>
> Wrong again.
>
> if which file 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
> file blah
> fi
> Is useful, even if the output is being discarded.
OK, I see the point now. This makes it a documentation bug, because
the entire (10 lines or so) of man which under woody is
>>>>>
WHICH(1) WHICH(1)
NAME
which - locate a command
SYNOPSIS
which [ filename ] ...
DESCRIPTION
which returns the files which would be executed had its
arguments been given as commands.
Debian GNU/Linux 15 May 1997 WHICH(1)
<<<<<
and nowhere therein is contained anything about exit status...
hence I was to this point unaware it existed.
Someone fix please, and provide an example or two.
As to usefulness of which -q, is it only limited to maintainers,
usage-stats-wise?
> manoj
-Jim
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