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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg
Subject: Re: PATH bug?
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 14:11:27 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 14:11:27 1985
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Keywords: sh

> If the current directory is specified as the last directory searched using
> a trailing ":" instead of ":." (in $PATH) then sh will not find executable
> files in the current directory.

Try two trailing colons.  If you read the (post-V7) manual page very
carefully, this behavior is documented:  colon is effectively functioning
as a terminator rather than as a separator.  It is agreed that this
(a) is a botch, and (b) ought to be documented more prominently.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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