[NCLUG] getpath?

[Mike Loseke]

Thus spake adj at ccltd.com:
> 
> > > >  Anyone know where I might find source to a command called getpath (and
> > > > strippath which may be related)? I have no idea what package they may even
> > > > be a part of.
> > 
> >  Nope, they aren't in sh-utils unless they are well hidden.
> > 
> >  I think I'm just going to copy them into my new tree and just note the
> > fact that they are really really old.
> 
> There are two matches for "getpath" at
> http://sources.isc.org/search.perl.  That's the handy dandy
> comp.sources.unix search engine I just stumbled across 10 minutes ago.
> Both matches seem to be uucp related, but are more than old enough to
> be possibilities.
> 
> What do these programs do?

 Wacky things to (or for) $PATH. getpath look for parallel paths denoted by
a given suffix (default of man) and can be used like this:

setenv MANPATH "`getpath`"

 ..and strippath removes inaccessable paths or files from a colon delimited
list (or other given delimiter). Kinda neat, especially the usage above for
setting your $MANPATH.

 Thanks for the pointer to the site above, I'll have to give it a whirl.

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