X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:23:52 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Why does /etc/profile include /bin and /usr/bin in the PATH? Message-ID: <20100608142352.GA16509@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20100607211756 DOT GA6765 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20100608082630 DOT GN8163 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100608082630.GN8163@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 10:26:30AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Jun 7 17:17, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> Maybe this has been discussed and I just don't remember but why are /bin >> and /usr/bin included in the default path in /etc/profile? > >History? /bin and /usr/bin have pointed to the same location for at least ten years. I think that predates /etc/profile. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple