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Date:      Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:58:01 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        peter@hw.nl (Peter Korsten)
Cc:        randyd@nconnect.net (Randy DuCharme), current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't get `.' off of root's path 
Message-ID:  <199701270858.AAA10463@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:29:59 %2B0100." <Mutt.19970127092959.peter@orac.hw.nl> 

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>> What's even worse... if I do an...
>> 
>>    echo $PATH
>> 
>> dot isn't there.  
>
>No idea about that. Not even at the very end?

   Make sure you don't have a ":" (a null path component) at the end, either,
since this is equivalent to the current directory ("."). Also make sure that
there are no relative path specifications (no leading "/" or contains a "..").

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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