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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2-RELEASE problem (simple)
Date: 23 Mar 1997 21:06:05 GMT
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cs1cl@stoat.shef.ac.uk (C Lamb) wrote:

> Many thanks to all who replied/followed-up.
> 
> I am suitably ashamed :)

Get used to type ./progname if you mean to execute something from the
current directory.  Not only that your ./test would have worked as
expected, but also you'll never miss it again if there's no dot in
your $PATH.  At least root should never have dot in the path (to avoid
Trojan Horse attacks).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)