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From: "Rockefeller, Harry" <Harry.Rockefeller@flightsafety.com>
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 08:50:59 -0500
Subject: bash - command - PATH question
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Given that 'foo' is a bash script, why is it that:

$ foo=20

returns the error:

bash: ./bin/foo: No such file or directory

BUT since foo is *really in* PATH, e.g.,

$ `which foo`

runs correctly?

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