X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:27:27 -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: <20100608182727.GA13285@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> <4C0E8460 DOT 8070207 AT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C0E8460.8070207@gmail.com> 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 06:56:48PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >On 07/06/2010 22:17, 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? Since they >> point to the same directory that just slows bash down a little when >> finding files not in /bin. > > Some things try to access $0/../share/.... > > Since $prefix=/usr for cygwin, /usr/bin is the expected location. There's >no alias for /share like there is for /bin and /lib. That's an argument for having a path which includes /usr/bin. It doesn't explain why both are needed. 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