Larry Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 11:10 AM 9/15/2005, you wrote: >>Hi, >> >>I just discovered that . (current directory) is in my PATH. I installed >>cygwin on my new laptop some weeks ago. I don't think . was in my PATH on >>my old PC. First I thought it came from my windows PATH, but it does not. >> >>Is . normally in the PATH (it was not on a few solaris systems I just >>checked, but that does not prove anything). >> >>It is even twice in my PATH, as the last entry, and just after >>/cygdrive/c/Infoprint. >> > > '.' is typically not put in the path by default for security reasons. > >
But then again, this is Cygwin, and how many _other_ people are going to be on this machine? I have '.' in my path, as I like to keep different scripts that apply to certain directories in the affected directory. Dave -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
