On Tue 28 Mar 2017 at 13:09:57 -0400, songbird wrote: > kAt wrote: > ... > > I have an example where this might be useful or then I am not > > understanding the difference. > > > > Let's say you have an executable package in the system and let's call it > > pkgX > > If you type pkgX in any prompt then /usr/bin/pkgX will be executed > > maybe, maybe not (depends upon path).
/usr/local/bin precedes /usr/bin in the default value of $PATH Debian gives the user. -- Brian.
