On 10Jan2012 22:34, c beck <usabecker@gmail.com> wrote:
| On Jan 10, 2012 6:18 PM, "Cameron Simpson" <cs@zip.com.au> wrote:
| > It is important to type commands precisely. There are spaces before the
| > dashes in the commands I provided, thus:
| >
| > /sbin/ifconfig -a
|
| Any reason for specifying the path to ifconfig instead of simply 'ifconfig
| -a'? The program should be in the shell's path. I only ask because it
| seems the '/sbin' is moving to '/usr/sbin/', at least as far as Oracle is
| concerned (Via Solaris 11).
As I mentioned in the first post, /sbin and /usr/sbin are often _not_ in
ordinary user's $PATHs. Root's $PATH, yes. There's no good reason for it,
but it is the case. Anyway, it is easiest to be explicit for this
particular purpose.
Cheers,
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