Re: // in paths

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> When I type (in bash):
> 
>    % type foo
> 
> it returns
> 
>    foo is /usr/local/bin//foo
> 
> with two /'s before `foo'.  (I get the same effect with `csh' and `which'.)
> Has anyone else seen this behavior?  Anyone know what's causing it?  Or how to
> fix it?
> 

This is what you get if the directory in your path has a trailing
slash, so your PATH environment variable has "/usr/local/bin/", instead
of just "/usr/local/bin", which is enough.  Not much of a big deal, it
costs you an extra byte of memory (well strictly speaking, that would be
on average only :).

Eric

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