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Re: Wrapper for the GNU 'which' command


From: yonirabkin
Subject: Re: Wrapper for the GNU 'which' command
Date: 13 Dec 2004 23:27:26 -0800
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Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> Yoni Rabkin Katzenell wrote:
>  > This is a wrapper around the GNU 'which' command that I have found
>  > very useful when writing Emacs Lisp code which calls processes.
The
>  > function expects a name of a command as a string and returns true
if
>  > that command exists.
>
> ,----[ C-h f executable-find RET ]
> | executable-find is a compiled Lisp function in `executable'.
> | (executable-find COMMAND)
> |
> | Search for COMMAND in exec-path and return the absolute file name.
> | Return nil if COMMAND is not found anywhere in `exec-path'.
> `----
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Rodgers

When does emacs create `exec-path'?



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