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From: stpeters@steinmetz.UUCP (Dick St.Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Re: hash in /bin/sh
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 12:45:04 EST
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In article <2136@mcdchg.UUCP> lukas@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Lukas) writes:
>reason that I have . first in my $PATH is so that the directories
>over which I have the most control are searched first. More specifically,
>my $PATH looks like:
>
>	.:`logdir lukas`/bin:/bin: etc.

For several years now, in my home directory on a fair number of
machines around here I've kept a program named 'ls'.  My ls doesn't do
anything except warn people not to put . first in their path and
record who tripped my trap.

It's been interesting watching who I catch and how they react.  (Every
once in awhile, I catch myself when I do an rsh.  Most embarrassing.)
--
Dick St.Peters                        
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY
stpeters@ge-crd.arpa              
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