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[John Abreau]

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Subba Rao wrote:

> # Set the default system $PATH:
> PATH="$PATH:$OPENWIN:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/Acrobat4/bin"
>....
> Yet, I can excute the programs in the current directory. When I run
> "echo $PATH", the "." does not appear in the list.

A null path entry is synonymous with "."; if PATH was :/bin:/usr/bin, then
the leading ":" puts "." as the first thing in your PATH. Similarly, if
PATH was /bin::/usr/bin then "." is in your PATH, right after /bin and
before /usr/bin.

I'm guessing that $OPENWIN is undefined, and this is giving you the "::"
in your PATH.

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