Re: location of the PHP executable

On Wednesday 11 April 2007 23:50, Jarrel Cobb wrote: > Don't you have to run locate -u first to generate the database before using > locate? You can't just assume a database exists already can you? not an updated one at least, updatedb can also be used to update. and if you're in a little bit of hurry you can also use find -name "some part of filename here" > > On 4/11/07, Jim Lucas <lists@cmsws.com> wrote: > > Mattias Thorslund wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have looked in the documentation but can't find it: > > > > > > My PHP script (which is run from the command prompt - CLI) needs to > > > know the file system location of the PHP executable. This is because it > > > needs to run a second PHP script. I know about the "which" command but > > > it's not available in all OSes, and that might not be the currently > > > running executable anyway. > > > > > > I could prompt the user for this, but that seems kind of silly. Surely, > > > there must be some way of looking it up automatically? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mattias > > > > What OS are you working with > > > > Assuming you are on a *nix box this should work > > > > #locate "/php" | grep "/php$" > > > > this should give you locations that have /php as the end of the line > > > > > > on windows you could do this > > > > cd \ > > dir /s php*.exe > > > > > > > > -- > > Enjoy, > > > > Jim Lucas > > > > Different eyes see different things. Different hearts beat on different > > strings. But there are times > > for you and me when all such things agree. > > > > - Rush > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- --- Børge http://www.arivene.net ---