Am Dienstag 25 Oktober 2005 09:49 schrieb Francesco Scaglioni 
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> ... Seems as if ~/bin was being looked at prior to the shared
> bin.

Hi,

on an old *nix system the order was /usr/(s)bin /usr/local/(s)bin. So 
you always end up with the commands the admin configured. On newer 
(Linux) systems the order changed: ~/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin
to give programms that the user installed a chance.
The old fashion is more secure and suitable for a multiuser (server) 
system, the newer fashion is really usefull for a single user (home 
user) system.

-- mdc

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