Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/07/00:56:36
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997 18:14:39 GMT, Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
wrote:
>Sort of on the same thread, one thing that I would imagine is difficult for
>bash newbies (like me not long ago) is the fact that bash does *not*
>automatically search the current path for executables. You have to add a "."
>to your PATH variable.
>
>I had all sorts of problems like "Whaddaya mean, 'configure: command not
>found'!? I can see it right here!"
>
You have no idea how much time that saved and how much insight as to
just how picky unix is this provided. THANK YOU.
--
John Pavlakis
johnp3 AT idt DOT net
"You can lead a yak to water, but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke." -- Opus Penguin
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