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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:09:40 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: which & locate
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On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 01:28:09PM +0200, Alex Vinokur wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Sheppard [mailto:msheppard AT climax DOT co DOT uk]
>> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:15 AM
>> To: 'Sylvain Petreolle'; Alex Vinokur; Cygwin Mailing List
>> Subject: RE: which & locate
>> 
>> 
>> Try:
>> 
>>   locate */ls.exe
>
>
>$ which ls
>/usr/bin/ls
>
>
>$ which ls.exe
>/usr/bin/ls.exe
>
>
>$ locate */ls.exe
>/bin/ls.exe
>
>
>$ locate */ls
>/usr/share/irc/help/note/ls

which != locate.  locate has not been especially adapted to understand
the windows .exe convention.  which has been, obviously.

So, as others have indicated use "locate ls.exe".

cgf

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