finding things in unix

[Dennis Malen]

That works!

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
To: "Dennis Malen" <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: <joe at magnatechonline.com>; <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: finding things in unix


> On 4/23/2010 5:36 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
>> That is correct. The file is not an executable. So that explains the
>> difference. Thanks!
>
> Try:
>
>     PATH=%PATH:/tmp
>     type rabpay042210.xls
>
>>
>> Dennis Malen
>> 516.479.5912
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe Chasan"<joe at magnatechonline.com>
>> To:<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 5:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: finding things in unix
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 03:56:45PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>>>> On 4/23/2010 3:49 PM, Dennis Malen wrote:
>>>>> cd /
>>>>> type rabpay042210.xls
>>>>>
>>>>> Not found.
>>>>>
>>>>> It resides in /tmp.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> I bet /tmp is not in $PATH.
>>>
>>> or that rabpay042210.xls is not executable since 'type' looks for actual
>>> commands.
>>>
>>> you need to see $PATH and permissions of rabpay042210.xls to answer
>>> that.
>
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody