From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 2 14:40:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09912 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:40:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wopr.caltech.edu (wopr.caltech.edu [131.215.240.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA09906 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:40:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mph@wopr.caltech.edu) Received: (from mph@localhost) by wopr.caltech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA25227; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:40:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mph) Message-ID: <19990102144023.B18130@wopr.caltech.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 14:40:23 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt To: Chris , Chris Browning Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: executable scripts References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Chris on Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 02:39:17PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 * Inertia is a property of matter. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message