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Date:      Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:40:23 -0800
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To:        Chris <chrismar@walnut.readington.com>, Chris Browning <brownicm@netunlimited.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: executable scripts
Message-ID:  <19990102144023.B18130@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901021437180.18056-100000@walnut.readington.com>; from Chris on Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 02:39:17PM -0500
References:  <XFMail.990102142602.brownicm@netunlimited.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901021437180.18056-100000@walnut.readington.com>

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On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 02:39:17PM -0500, Chris wrote:

> Or, an easier approch would be to add . to your path, that will always
> make your current directory be in your path

This is a bad idea due to security concerns, and is addressed in the
comp.unix.questions FAQ, under 2.13:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Inertia is a property of matter.
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