Re: Dumb Question: Installing new version of Kopete

From: Christopher McDevitt (theratpack91_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 09/03/04

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    Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:23:22 +0100
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    Scot L. Harris wrote:
    >
    > A couple of good commands to know are
    >
    > whereis commandname
    > locate commandname
    >
    > Both of these will help you find where a particular file is located.
    > whereis uses a database which is updated using updatedb command.
    >
    > locate searches your current users paths for the command.
    >
    > Check out the man page on both for more information.
    >

    I think you've got them mixed up.

    'Locate' uses a database to find any file while 'whereis' searches a
    hardcoded path for various files related to a program.

    which <command> tells you instantly where the binary (or symbolic link)
    of a program is. It is a shell builtin command that uses the current
    path like running any command does.

    Chris 

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