Find the path of a shell command

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On 2022-10-12 at 17:43:18 +0100,
Paulo da Silva <p_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns at nonetnoaddress.pt> wrote:

> Às 17:22 de 12/10/22, Tilmann Hentze escreveu:
> > Paulo da Silva <p_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns at nonetnoaddress.pt> schrieb:
> > > I have python program that launches a detached rm. It works pretty well
> > > until it is invoked by cron! I suspect that for cron we need to specify
> > > the full path.
> > 
> > Probably you could use os.unlink[1] with no problem.
> No, because I need to launch several rm's that keep running after the script
> ends.

rm doesn't take that long.  Why are you detaching them?

(I'm not debating your point about cron.)