Hi -- I'm running 7.1, and I noticed early on that the PATH repeats itself 3 times on my system in "X" consoles (konsole is my fave). I noticed also that at a virtual console (ctrl-alt-f1, for instance), the PATH is as expected -- no duplications. I injected "echo"s into the logon scripts, and concluded, finally, that it's the initialization of "X" which does the repeating. The duplication isn't really a problem, as the shell quits looking at PATH once the executable is located. In the case where the executable isn't located, it may have looked at the same directories 3 times, but that's what disk caching is designed to speed up, isn't it?! Heh, heh... Just another example of how complex systems can be <ahem!> difficult to keep tidy. -- I hope you and yours are prospering! --Paddock ------------------- Registered Linux user 190974 ( 2000-Oct-05 ).
