Index: TWiki.cfg
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--- TWiki.cfg   (revision 1735)
+++ TWiki.cfg   (working copy)
@@ -205,14 +205,28 @@
 $storeTopicImpl = "RcsWrap"; 
 #$storeTopicImpl = "RcsLite";
 
+sub findProgramUsingSearchPath
+{
+       my ($prog,$paths) = @_;
+
+       foreach my $path ( @{$paths} )
+       {
+               my $fullPath = "$path/$prog";
+               return $fullPath if -X $fullPath;
+       }
+
+       return "";
+}
+my $programSearchPath = [ qw( /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin ) ];
+
 #                   NOTE: You might want to avoid c: at start of cygwin unix command for
 #                   Windows, seems to cause a problem with pipe used in search
 #                   Unix ls command :  (deprecated since 01 Nov 2003)
 $lsCmd            = "/bin/ls";
 #                   Unix egrep command :
-$egrepCmd         = "/bin/egrep";
+$egrepCmd         = findProgramUsingSearchPath( egrep => $programSearchPath );
 #                   Unix fgrep command :
-$fgrepCmd         = "/bin/fgrep";
+$fgrepCmd         = findProgramUsingSearchPath( fgrep => $programSearchPath );
 
 #display Time in the following timezones (this only effects the display of times, all internal storage is still in GMT)
 # gmtime / servertime

-- WillNorris - 27 Aug 2004

I'd rather not take this last minute change into Cairo for two reasons:

1. Extra runtime processing that can be avoided (-X is expensive)
2. MartinGregory's UpgradeTWiki script probably needs to be changed

-- PeterThoeny - 28 Aug 2004

ok, thanks for the quick reply.

-- WillNorris - 28 Aug 2004