| Bill Jonas on Wed, 8 May 2002 22:23:11 -0400 |
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On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 08:01:44PM -0400, Fred K Ollinger wrote: > PATH=$PATH:. > export PATH Note that it's a bad idea to put . in your path, especially if you have more than one user on your system. If you do it, it *is* better to put it at the end, though, like you have it. For those that don't know, the reason for this is simple: Suppose someone puts an executable named 'ls' in some directory. Then it's just a matter of getting root to cd into that directory and take a look. Granted, with the current directory at the end, it gets a little trickier; perhaps the executable would be named 'sl' instead, a common typo. (See the Debian sl package for instance.) > PATH=$PATH:~/bin > export PATH Yes, much better. That's what I do, myself. For one-offs and the like, I still prefix the executable name with './', and deposit executables I want to keep in ~/bin. One caution, though; make sure that this directory is only writable by yourself, for the same reasons as above. -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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