On Wednesday 27 June 2001 06:47, Paul wrote:
> 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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If they can hack your system, then they can hack your path!!! Or you can add
a "." into your path environment variable. Put the "." at the end of the
path entries and that way linux will search the other paths first but will
always look in the current working directory last of all.
Dave.
