bug or feature with 'type' command ?

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2 total messages Started by Bjoern Wennberg Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:36

#220

Author: Bjoern Wennberg
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:36

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Hi!

What should the 'type' command display ?
When I do 'type -all man' I get
man is aliased to `bman'
man is ./man
       ^^^^^
This is a directory and shouldn't be displayed according to the 
documentation of 'type'. The 'help type' says:

    If the -all flag is used, displays all of the places that contain an
    executable named `file'.  This includes aliases and functions, if and
    only if the -path flag is not also used.

Is this correct?

bjornw>

bjornw@colargol.edb.tih.no

Re: bug or feature with 'type' command ?

#226

Author: alan da wicked
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 08:28

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In article <1992Jul23.133619.4012@ugle.unit.no> bjornw@colargol.edb.tih.no (Bjoern Wennberg) writes:

   Hi!

   What should the 'type' command display ?
   When I do 'type -all man' I get
   man is aliased to `bman'
   man is ./man
	  ^^^^^
   This is a directory and shouldn't be displayed according to the 
   documentation of 'type'. The 'help type' says:

       If the -all flag is used, displays all of the places that contain an
       executable named `file'.  This includes aliases and functions, if and
       only if the -path flag is not also used.

   Is this correct?

   bjornw>

   bjornw@colargol.edb.tih.no

I believe it does this because the execute bit is set on directories. This
could/sould be corrected by checking for the directory bit, but apparently is
not (patch?)
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      alan da wicked               (rod@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
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