Re: ".profile" & BASH in PATH?

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

>> 
>> > To run a script from the current directory: ./shell.script
>> > This is because the currect directory isn't in the path, for security
>> reasons.
>> 
>> Can you elaborate?  Should this be changed? How do I fix this?
>> Thanks,
>> bw.

You could make a directory $HOME/bin and put your shell scripts there, and
also add it to your PATH in your user .profile:

PATH=$PATH:/home/username/bin

export PATH

That would be better than just adding "." to your PATH.


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Andrew