[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > SUSv3> Some older implementations searched the current directory > SUSv3> for the file, even if the value of PATH disallowed it. This > SUSv3> behavior was omitted from this volume of IEEE Std > SUSv3> 1003.1-2001 due to concerns about introducing the > SUSv3> susceptibility to trojan horses that the user might be > SUSv3> trying to avoid by leaving dot out of PATH .
Ironically, the example just before the rationale depends exactly on finding the file in the current directory. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."
