Re: Whence Command

I've got a DG/UX system, and a Linux/Mandrake 10.1. Neither has a whence
command or builtin.


"Bill Marcum" <bmarcum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:s9sia3-1uu.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:58:51 GMT, Steve Foley
> <steve.foley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > what does the whence command do?
> >
> What does the man command do?
> Whence may be a builtin command. Try "type whence" and, if it is
> builtin, read the man page for your shell.
>
>
> --
> ... Logically incoherent, semantically incomprehensible, and legally ...
> impeccable!


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