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NAME

which - locate a command

SYNOPSIS

    which [-a] [--] filename

DESCRIPTION

which returns the pathname of the files which would be executed in the current environment. It does this by searching the PATH for executable files matching the name of the argument.

As this is Win32:

  • the current directory is explored before PATH

  • the extensions specified in PATHEXT are added to the given filename to find an executable file matching the command

OPTIONS

-a

print all pathnames instead of only the first one

EXIT STATUS

0

if the specified command is found

1

if the specified command is not found

2

if an invalid option is specified

SEE ALSO

This program in distributed in the CPAN distribution Win32::App::which.

AUTHOR

Olivier Mengué <dolmen@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright © 2010-2011 Olivier Mengué.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.