Re: command line tools and $PATH

[Matt Rice]

--- Charles philip Chan <cpchan@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On 13 Nov 2006, tgate@mypublic.net wrote:
> 
> > why do I need to put in the full path?
> 
> NeXTStep is a bit strange (for example apps are in
> app bundles) . To
> open a tool, you should use "opentool". For example:
> 
>             opentool test

actually this is not true, there was no 'opentool' or
equivalent, it always put tools into the PATH, GNUstep
does also, so i'm not actually sure why opentool
should still exist

> 
> To open an app, you should use "openapp".
> 

but yes, apps are another story.


> Charles




 
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