On 8/18/13 9:30 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> A PATH search is suppressed when the command to be executed contains a
>> slash: the presence of a slash indicates an absolute pathname that is
>> directly passed to exec(). Since there's no search done, you know exactly
>> which pathname you're attempting to execute, and you can easily test
>> whether or not it exists and is executable.
> ---
>
> How does "lib/font/fontname.ttf" indicate an absolute path?
>
> The standard interpretation for that would be a relative
> path from the CWD. Only if a path begins with "/" would a path
> normally be interpreted as absolute.
>
> Are you saying bash behaves differently from nearly every
> other application in this regard?
No. The quoted text talks about when a PATH search is not performed.
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