[R-SIG-Mac] Finding "bash" and "mv" on my hard drive?

[Spencer Graves]

 > Sys.which(c("bash", "mv"))
        bash          mv
"/bin/bash"   "/bin/mv"


       Thanks.


       It answers the question I asked, but sadly doesn't solve the 
problem.


       Thanks again,
       Spencer Graves


On 2020-01-17 17:28, Bert Gunter wrote:
> As a minor note, Sys.which is vectorized, so
> Sys.which(c("bash", "mv"))
> will do.
>
>
> Bert Gunter
>
> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along 
> and sticking things into it."
> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 3:20 PM Bob Rudis <bob using rud.is 
> <mailto:bob using rud.is>> wrote:
>
>     R does not ship bash or bin with the program distribution on macOS. It
>     uses the ones that come along for the ride with the system (which will
>     be interesting when Apple removes bash completely in 10.16).
>
>     If you've used MacPorts or Homebrew, you may have installed version of
>     those shells/tools there which R is picking up.
>
>     This:
>
>         sapply(c("bash", "mv"), Sys.which)
>
>     should tell you where R is picking up those binaries.
>
>     -boB
>
>     On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 6:01 PM Spencer Graves
>     <spencer.graves using prodsyse.com <mailto:spencer.graves using prodsyse.com>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     > Hello:
>     >
>     >
>     >        How can I find the version of "bash" and "mv" that are
>     used by "R
>     > CMD check" under macOS 10.15.2 Catalina?
>     >
>     >
>     >        I ask, because my "Bitdefender for Mac" has been
>     interrupting "R
>     > CMD check" for a couple of years now, saying, "Bitdefender Safe
>     Files
>     > blocked a new process, bash, from accessing your protected
>     files."  Each
>     > time it happens, Bitdefender allows me to tell it to "Remember this
>     > action:  For 5 minutes" or "For this time only" or to "Keep
>     blocking".
>     > Their "Safe Files" feature allows me to give access to certain
>     > applications.  I've already "allowed" 36 different applications
>     using
>     > that feature, including "/bin/bash", "/bin/mv",
>     > "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/exec/R",
>     and two
>     > different versions of "git".  I'm not sure, but I believe that
>     "R CMD
>     > check" uses versions of "bash" and "mv" different from
>     "/bin/bash" and
>     > "/bin/mv".
>     >
>     >
>     >        Thanks,
>     >        Spencer Graves
>     >
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