On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Raul Miller wrote: > > Well, because we're not setting up anything standard except for the root > > user. > > This isn't true. For example I think we're guaranteed that /usr/bin > and /bin are always in the path.
Unless, of course, it's been changed. > > /etc/environment just doesn't exist > > Rather, it doesn't have the purpose that some people might think Well, what purpose does it have for you? > > Could you give me an example of one please? I couldn't find any in my > > /etc/init.d/ directory > > Exactly. > > Which means we're trusting the value of IFS to be sane. Forgive my ignorance, what is IFS used for? -- Brock Rozen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Technical Services (410)358-9800 Project Genesis http://www.torah.org/