Re: path to binary for php on linux

On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 18:17, Andy B wrote: > it was installed with get > and which php doesnt do anything just returns to the prompt with no output > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curt Zirzow" <czirzow@dotgeek.org> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] path to binary for php on linux > > > > * Thus wrote Andy B (aborka1@wmis.net): > > > anybody know what the exact path for the php binary on linux is? > > locate finds all files containing the search string ... this works.. but you can just find binaries and important conf-files with mohadib@mohadib ~--->whereis php4 php4: /usr/bin/php4 /etc/php4 /usr/lib/php4 /usr/include/php4 /usr/share/man/man1/php4.1.gz mohadib@mohadib ~---> also depending on what linux you are using ... you can just ask the package manager... redhat-> rpm -qa | grep php4 then rpm -qp --filebypkg php4_main.rpm // or whatever the above command tells you the name is debian-> dpkg -L php4 good luck, jd