Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:56:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Anderson <paul@geeky1.ebtech.net> To: Michael Henry <mhenry@cs.usyd.edu.au> Cc: Ng Kok Leong <klng@psl.com.sg>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: path Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990813085505.6453U-100000@geeky1.ebtech.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9908132150510.11944-100000@hons.cs.usyd.edu.au>
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On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Michael Henry wrote: > > Notice the last entry ".", so the shell will look in the current > directory. > Of course, ignoring the fact that it has the potential to be a pretty big security hole, typing ./ before commands that are in the current directory that aren't in the path is a good habit to get into. TTYL! --- Paul Anderson - Self-employed Megalomaniac paul@geeky1.ebtech.net Member of the Sarnia Linux User's Group http://www.sar-net.com/slug http://zephyr.sellad.on.ca/~paul "Town pride's been going downhill ever since the lake caught fire." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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