Re: [Hardhats-members] more linux questions

[Gregory Woodhouse]

On May 11, 2006, at 6:24 AM, Dennis Ballance wrote: On #1, it's a security feature. It keeps your current directory from always inserting itself in the search path. If, for instance, you created a small text file called "rm", then tried to remove it by typing "rm rm", it would tell you "cannot execute rm" because, instead of looking in /usr/bin, it would try to run the local text file. You could add "." to your path if you wanted to, but you increase the likelihood of such a name collision problem. --Dennis If you do include . be sure to put it at the end of your path, like so ~:$ echo $PATH /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/local/bin:. Also, the which command will tell you what you'll actually run ~:$ which rm /bin/rm (Note: this is OS X not Linux, so the path may not be appropriate to your system.) Gregory Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Those who are enamored of practice without theory are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass." --Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)