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updated vzctl (3.0.25.1 -> 4.11.1)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Tue Aug 02 16:35:24 2022 +0100 (2022-08-02) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/perl-file-which/description.txt Tue Aug 02 16:35:24 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 1.4 +File::Which finds the full or relative paths to executable programs 1.5 +on the system. 1.6 +This is normally the function of which utility. which is typically 1.7 +implemented as either a program or a built in shell command. 1.8 +On some platforms, such as Microsoft Windows it is not provided as 1.9 +part of the core operating system. 1.10 +This module provides a consistent API to this functionality 1.11 +regardless of the underlying platform. 1.12 + 1.13 +The focus of this module is correctness and portability. 1.14 +As a consequence platforms where the current directory is implicitly 1.15 +part of the search path such as Microsoft Windows will find 1.16 +executables in the current directory, whereas on platforms such as 1.17 +UNIX where this is not the case executables in the current directory 1.18 +will only be found if the current directory is explicitly added to 1.19 +the path.