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From: morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Re: ?????  HELP!!! what is wrong with this code? ???????
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Date: 13 Oct 88 19:07:40 GMT
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/ hpsal2:comp.unix.questions / steve@micropen (Steven J. Owens) /  2:12 pm  Oct 12, 1988 /
	I always thought UNIX checked in the directory you are in first
	for the binary, then if it couldn't find it there, it checked
	the $PATH.
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Absolutely not!!!  The algorithm is a function of the shell, but all shells
I know of use $PATH only.  If "." is not in $PATH, then commands in the
current directory must be executed using "./foo" or something similar.