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Author: eadler
Date: Wed Apr  1 06:25:57 2015
New Revision: 46406
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46406

Log:
  Don't encourage people to add '.' to path.  This can lead to subtle
  issues in many common configurations.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml	Wed Apr  1 06:08:53 2015	(r46405)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools/chapter.xml	Wed Apr  1 06:25:57 2015	(r46406)
@@ -783,21 +783,10 @@ int main() {
 	    <para>Unlike &ms-dos;, &unix; does not
 	      look in the current directory when it is trying to find
 	      out which executable you want it to run, unless you tell
-	      it to.  Either type <command>./foobar</command>, which
+	      it to.  Type <command>./foobar</command>, which
 	      means <quote>run the file called
 		<filename>foobar</filename> in the current
-		directory</quote>, or change your <envar>PATH</envar>
-	      environment
-	      variable so that it looks something like</para>
-
-	    <informalexample>
-	      <screen>bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:.
-	      </screen>
-	    </informalexample>
-
-	    <para>The dot at the end means <quote>look in the current
-		directory if it is not in any of the
-		others</quote>.</para>
+		directory.</quote></para>
 	  </answer>
 	</qandaentry>