method

find_executable

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - Class: Object

find_executable(bin, path = nil)

public

Searches for the executable bin on path. The default path is your PATH environment variable. If that isn’t defined, it will resort to searching /usr/local/bin, /usr/ucb, /usr/bin and /bin.

If found, it will return the full path, including the executable name, of where it was found.

Note that this method does not actually affect the generated Makefile.

# File lib/mkmf.rb, line 1084
def find_executable(bin, path = nil)
  checking_for checking_message(bin, path) do
    find_executable0(bin, path)
  end
end

find_executable

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