id command

djehresmann · October 15, 2009, 9:23am

Is there any downside to using

/usr/spg4/bin/id

instead of

/bin/id
or
/usr/bin/id
?

Do specific patches need to be applied to install /usr/spg4/bin/id that are out of the ordinary?

thanks.

brusell · October 16, 2009, 5:02am

I have never saw /usr/spg4 directory before, but /bin is the only link to /usr/bin directory.
Also I don't think that /usr/spg4 is created by some patch, but I can't to judge. Is there any reason why to use /usr/spg4/bin/id binary??? If yes you can try only to create soft link to make this need satisfy.

jlliagre · October 16, 2009, 6:06am

There is indeed no /usr/spg4 directory but there is definitely a /usr/xpg4 one.

What that changes with the id command is clearly stated in its manual page.

man id

djehresmann · October 19, 2009, 10:17am

Sorry, I meant to write:

/usr/xpg4/bin/id

thanks