finding things in unix

[Dennis Malen]

cd /
type rabpay042210.xls

Not found.

It resides in /tmp.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: finding things in unix


> On 4/23/2010 3:06 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
>> Yes Don, we always use find. I was just responding to a prior thread that
>> "type" does not work in AIX. Find has always worked.
> [...]
>
> I find it unlikely that "type" is broken on AIX and no one else has said 
> anything.  Perhaps you are using it wrong?
>
> You said that "type p" works just fine, regardless of the directory you're 
> in.  You still haven't shown a specific example that "doesn't work".
>
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody