[plug] checking for existence of an application

[Jon Miller]

This is what I plan to do, but I wanted to complete the script over the
weekend and then make a minor change when I get on site.

I'll try it on a regular RH distro with postfix and then make the
changes later.  I was hoping that there was a way to do this generically
as I've mentioned before.  But if not then so be it.

Jon

On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 19:59, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <sf3404ad.069 at mmtnetworks.com.au>
> on Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:14:33PM +0800, Jon  Miller wrote:
> > I only require the name of the MTA, from there I can issue the commands I need.
> 
> In Linux and UNIX circles, this is known as the "path" of the MTA (all
> lowercase letters, not to be confused with the "PATH" environment
> variable). /usr/bin/mail and /usr/lib/sendmail are fairly standard paths
> for sending mail from the command line under Sys V-like operating
> systems (regardless of the MTA).
> 
> > Basically, I only need to start and stop the mail server.
> 
> Okay, but that is a *very special requirement* and needed to be stated
> explicitly. The path and procedure for this will vary amongst operating
> systems and even amongst distros! Maybe someone else knows how to solve
> this problem generically for Linux distros? Maybe the most robust
> solution is to find out about the systems on which the script will be
> running and view those as the special cases that the script can handle.
> 
> 
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Jon Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au>
MMT Networks Pty Ltd