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Re: [TCLUG:751] Problem running scripts - Need Advice
Quoting Eric Hillman (ehillman@cccu.com):
>
> Opinions differ on the wisdom of including "." in your path -- at the
> very least, you should never include it in the root user's path, as you may
> wreak any amount of unintentional havoc should you accidentally run the
> wrong program. For ordinary users, it's probably OK, but there are those
> who believe that you should just get in the habit of typing "./program_name"
> instead.
Yes, a small but very important fact that I left out. root should NEVER
have "." in its path.
j.heil
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