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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:06:57 -0400
To: Morten Kjarulff <MKJ AT dk DOT ibm DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Sould . (current dir) be in the PATH
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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.




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