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Operating system: Linux: Executable: Search: Order: What is the search order for a given command?

Nov 22nd, 2003 09:29
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 22 November 2003 - 06:27 pm -------------------

Operating system: Linux: Executable: Search: Order: What is the search 
order for a given command?

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If <the current command> is the currently typed in command, and

If <the current user> is the name of the current user, then the search 
order

is the following:

IF <current command> is not an executable (checked via bits set), then

give an error message and stop

ELSE

1. search first for <the current command> in the current directory

2. search then for <the current command> in the 
directory '/usr/<current user>/bin'

3. search then for <the current command> in the directory '/bin'

4. search then for <the current command> in the directory '/usr/bin'

5. give an error message

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[book: source: Brown, P. J. - begin met Unix - ISBN: 90-6789-026-X - 
p. 102]

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