[NCLUG] upstart

[dann frazier]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:10:09PM -0700, Kerry Miller wrote:
> Hi FRLUG,
> 
> upstaet appears to be installed but when I type:
> sudo upstart, the command isn't found.  Where is it supposed to be?  I 
> did try /sbin and I also tried /usr/bin.

A package does not always contain a binary of the same name.
upstart provides several binaries, primarily /sbin/init.

You can list the contents of an installed package on a dpkg-based
system with:
  $ dpkg -L upstart
or an rpm-based system with (if I remember correctly...)
  $ rpm -ql upstart