Linux expr command vs. FreeBSD version

mag at intron.ac mag at intron.ac
Wed May 3 06:12:41 UTC 2006


So do I.
It's somewhat redundant to specify "/bin/expr" instead of "expr".

Sean McNeil wrote:

> 
> I ran into a problem with paths when running linux emulation.  It
> appears that when looking for a file, linux emulation will first
> try /compat/linux/path and if not found, /path.  This causes grief with
> expr as the Linux version supports enhancements like "expr match"
> whereas the FreeBSD version does not.  To get around the issue, I put a
> symlink in /compat/linux/bin/expr -> /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr. I don't
> know of any better solution.  Anyone?
> 
> Cheers,
> Sean
> 
> 
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