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title	id	weight	draft	author
get_executable_path_preference	get_executable_path_preference	110	false	people

NAME

get_executable_path_preference

return the path to an executable from a preference

local df = require "lib/dtutils.file"
local result = df.get_executable_path_preference(executable)

executable - string - the name of the executable to get the path for

get_executable_path_preference returns the path preference to the requested executable.

result - string - path to the executable

executable should be the basename of the executable without extensions