It was Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:49:01 EDT when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>It took a while to catch onto the ./ thingy.. now that I know it, I still
>don't understand *why* this is necessary. I know, it's easy enough to add it
>to .bash_profile or wherever, but is there a justifiable reason why Linux
>makes you specify that the program you want to execute is in the current
>directory?
Linux just does not assume the dir you are in as part of the path. Windoze/Dos
do that.
It is a safety catch. Suppose someone hacks your machine and adds an "ls"
program to your home dir. And you do an "ls". And this new ls only wipes out
all the data you have access to. Not too nice, eh?
Linux/Unix is about safety in the same way Windows is not.
Paul
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