<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">I'm afraid I'm not getting this at all (which could be due to the fact that I don't know unix). I've tried the<BR>
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# which which<BR>
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and the <BR>
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/usr/bin/which<BR>
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calls, and all I get is command not found errors. Can you tell me more about what the unix command would be to determine if the BSD.pkg file exists?<BR>
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In a message dated 6/4/03 12:01:55 AM, alrice@ARCplanning.com writes:<BR>
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of /Library/Receipts/BSD.pkg<BR>
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However, it would be more robust to check for existence command before<BR>
you use shell(). The user could have modified the contents of<BR>
/usr/bin/. This might be especially common among users of Fink who<BR>
install bunches of stuff into /sw/bin. Maybe they leave /usr/bin alone<BR>
and just change their path, or maybe they delete stuff? To be really<BR>
robust, use which to locate the command in question:<BR>
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# which which<BR>
/usr/bin/which<BR>
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Unix is so weird! :-)<BR>
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