On Jun 8 10:23, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 10:26:30AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Jun 7 17:17, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> Maybe this has been discussed and I just don't remember but why are /bin > >> and /usr/bin included in the default path in /etc/profile? > > > >History? > > /bin and /usr/bin have pointed to the same location for at least ten years. > I think that predates /etc/profile.
Sure. I just meant that we are using the /bin and /usr/bin in $PATH for ages. Personally I thought all the time it's for some sort of Linux $PATH compatibility :) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple