From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:22:27 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dot/profile (__mdw_programp): Use `command -v' rather than `type'.
X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/profile/commitdiff_plain/3cff872ac483929fd76e951b05323d8a6fd22e7f?ds=inline

dot/profile (__mdw_programp): Use `command -v' rather than `type'.

POSIX specifies the exit status for the former but not the latter.
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diff --git a/dot/profile b/dot/profile
index f8d4dc9..ad6deeb 100644
--- a/dot/profile
+++ b/dot/profile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __mdw_addto () {
 ## __mdw_programp NAME
 ##
 ## Does NAME exist as an executable program?
-__mdw_programp () { type >/dev/null 2>&1 "$1"; }
+__mdw_programp () { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; }
 
 ## __mdw_setconf VAR CONF [DEFAULT]
 ##