Re: Why can't I execute a script??
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote:
> Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > If some user is capable of putting a fake `ls' in a random directory where
> > you might trip on it, that user is far more likely to put it in your ~/bin
> > directory! (Same privileges are required)
> >
> > Just a thought.
>
> Just make the . directory the _last_ part of your path, that way it will
> search /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin and
> all the rest of your path first.
As pointed out before, this does not catch misspellings of common
commands, such as 'sl'.
Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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