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Old 02-28-2013, 05:54 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
This is *nix not Windows - "/" and "." are never in the search path for good reasons.
. is never in the PATH because it would be a security hole, but this post is the first I've ever heard of anyone suggesting that / should be in the PATH it's not there simply because there's nothing in / itself that anyone would want to run. No security hole, just efficiency.
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