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D.2.2.17 which

Procedure from library general.lib (see general_lib).

Usage:

which(command); command = string expression

Return:

Absolute pathname of command, if found in search path. Empty string, otherwise.

Note:

Based on the Unix command ’which’.

Example:

 
LIB "general.lib";
which("sh");
→ /bin/sh

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