Re: Understanding PATH$ variable

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 09/22/2019 05:00 PM, David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 22 Sep 2019 at 16:31:22 (-0000), Curt wrote:
> > On 2019-09-22, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > So to avoid the cd command with absolute path, you would have to give
> > > the script address as absolute path:
> > >
> > >    python /path/to/script/script.py
> >
> > I make my local scripts executable and stick them in '/usr/local/bin'.
>
> Yes, very appropriate for scripts that you (or others) frequently run,
> but there are also scripts that are run infrequently, or where you
> might not want to clutter your executable namespace with their names.
> (A script called script.py would likely fall into the second category.)

EXPLICITLY the case.

> Those are best placed elsewhere and not made executable.
>
> Of course, we don't know anything about the OP's scriptS [sic], and
> perhaps we never will.

See 1st paragraph of original post.

> Cheers,
> David.