Re: PATH variable--where is it?
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:00:40AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> So this /etc/login.defs defines PATH provided by login. Then
> /etc/profile is persed by shell and export new path, if it is defined.
>
> Deeper question is "What is a PATH before login?"
>
> Specifically, What is PATH for /etc/rcS.d/ scripts? Some scripts
> (modutils) defines PATH inside. Are these hardcoded in init?
They are hardcoded in the scripts :-)
> I know $HOME in these init script are not /root but /.
Actually $HOME is just undefined, and concatenating nothing
with something gives something.
eg:
$HOME/path/to/stuff when $HOME is not defined gives
/path/to/stuff
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bjb@achilles.net
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