joecarter - 1:17 pm on Mar 18, 2010 (gmt 0)

Thanks all. I must say after jsut trying the whereis cmd I find it unclear too (which is how this thread started). if I type whereis 'Red Hat-release' I get a response:
Red Hat-release:
on the next line. what does this mean .. well actually it means the file is not there ... pretty unusable feedback!