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Re: What software uses /usr/bin/open?

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From	Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
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Subject	Re: What software uses /usr/bin/open?
Date	20 Feb 2016 02:01:50 GMT
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On 2016-02-17, Yeechang Lee <ylee@columbia.edu> wrote:
> Jasen Betts wrote:
>> Why not put it in /usr/local/bin/open ?
>> 
>> Should alreasy be first in you path.
>
> I could put it there, but given that it is a "personal" script—that
> is, of use only to me, and hardwired assuming such—~/bin is more
> appropriate.

 ~/bin is a good solution ( I mis-read your suggestion as /bin )

>> Otoh well written software will be using "/usr/bin/opevt" instead of
>> relying on $PATH and a symlink.
>
> This is my question; whether any such non well-written software exists
> as stock (or from common other sources, like EPEL or CentOS Plus) for
> RHEL/CentOS.

Noobs write scripts like that every day, so it exists. but such low-
quality software is unlikely to be carried by a mainstream distro.

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What software uses /usr/bin/open? Yeechang Lee <ylee@columbia.edu> - 2016-02-16 15:57 -0800
  Re: What software uses /usr/bin/open? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-02-17 11:54 +0000
    Re: What software uses /usr/bin/open? Yeechang Lee <ylee@columbia.edu> - 2016-02-17 09:58 -0800
      Re: What software uses /usr/bin/open? Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2016-02-20 02:01 +0000

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