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From: Red Barchetta <paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
Subject: ["Ian Kallen" <ian@gamespot.com>: Re: Install Q& A]
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Subject: Re: Install Q& A

>Is . in your path?  A lot of folks consider it bad sysadmin practive 
>to have it so and to precede all commands outside their path with full 
>paths or relative paths (i.e. from /stand run it as ./sysinstall).
>
>Ian Kallen                           ian@gamespot.com
>     Director of Technology & Web Administration
>            http://www.gamespot.com

Why is this considered bad practice?