Re: Question about QShell commands

["Kevin Adler" <kadler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In QSH, use the "whence" command:

> whence rm
   /bin/rm
   $

> ls -l /bin/rm
   lrwxrwxrwx  1 QSYS  0                    27 Nov 21  2013 /bin/rm -> 
/QSYS.LIB
   /QSHELL.LIB/RM.PGM
   $

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/01/2016 
03:08:57 PM:

> From: Manuel Chaviano <manny@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 12/01/2016 03:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Question about QShell commands
> Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> El Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:02:45 -0600
> Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> > Manuel,
> >
> > That'd be true if we were interested in PASE, but the OP (as shown in 
> > the subject line) is interested in QShell.  Since 'which' is a PASE 
> > utiiity, it will not find all QShell tools.
> >
> > But, the IBM-supplied ones are in /usr/bin, so you can do:
> >
> > STRQSH
> >
> > $ ls -l /usr/bin/rm
> >
> > It will tell you that rm is a symlink to /QSYS.LIB/QSHELL.LIB/RM.PGM. 
> > You can then do:
> >
> > WRKPGM QSHELL/RM
> >
> > to see what sort of *PGM object it is.   If it had been a PASE 
program, 
> > then your technique would work nicely.
> >
> > -SK
> >
> >
> > On 11/30/2016 3:33 PM, Manuel Chaviano wrote:
> > > "file"  will give you some details about the file type.
> > >
> > > call QP2TERM
> > >
> > > You need to provide the fill path: use "which" to determine where is 
"rm"
> > > located:
> > >
> > >  > which rm 
> > >    /QOpenSys/usr/bin/rm
> > >
> > > Now you can use "file":
> > >
> > >  > file /QOpenSys/usr/bin/rm 
> > >    /QOpenSys/usr/bin/rm: executable (RISC System/6000) or object 
module
> > > ...an AIX RS/6000 object or module
>
> I just tried using STRQSH:
>
>    $
>  > which rm
>    /QOpenSys/usr/bin/rm
>    $
>  > file /QOpenSys/usr/bin/rm
>    /QOpenSys/usr/bin/rm:   symbolic link to ../../QIBM/ProdData/
> OS400/PASE/bin/r
>    m 
>    $
>
> I navigate to the symbolic link:
>
>  > pwd
>    /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/PASE/bin
>    $
>
> and the "file" command gives me a similar result to QP2TERM:
>  > file rm
>    rm:             executable (RISC System/6000)
>    $
>
> "echo $PATH" [within STRQSH]:
> /usr/bin:.:/QOpenSys/usr/bin
> "echo $PASE_PATH" [within STRQSH]:
/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/local/bin:.
> Looks like from STRQSH:
> 1) "which" is a PASE command.
> 2) PASE commands will not use $PATH from STRQSH, but its own $PASE_PATH
> 3) Typing "rm" will execute the ILE version (how can I be sure?)
>
> There is no "which" program in QSHELL.
> -- 
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