On 22/09/2011 16:38, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 15:34:31 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: >> node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable >> in the PATH environment variable. > > How does this differ from: > > * the 'which' utility in debianutils (which is Essential: yes) > > * the 'which' builtin in shells that have copied it from csh (including zsh) > > * command -v, which exists on every POSIX system supporting the User > Portability Utilities option, and in particular is a builtin in dash > > * command -V, a more verbose form of command -v, which exists on every POSIX > system supporting the User Portability Utilities option, and in particular > is a builtin in dash > > and how/when is it be better or more useful than those?
It's native js code. By no means it is a replacement to existing 'which' tools, and no executable would be provided, only a library file. We are questioning the pertinence about packaging such a small lib by itself, on another thread. Jérémy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e7b4b43.4070...@edagames.com
