Explain /etc/alternatives to me

[servis@purdue.edu]

Hi all,

Can someone please explain to me how to USE /etc/alternatives.  I know
what it is for but how does one take advantage of the links in it? 
Should it be the first item in the PATH?  What?  The man page is
basically useless, Ch. 10 of the Developers Manual just explains what
alternatives are, and the --help option of update-alternatives just
shows how to update the links in /etc/alternatives.

Thanks,

Brian 
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Mechanical Engineering                              servis@purdue.edu
Purdue University                   http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis


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