[NTLUG:Discuss] Basic terminal question

[Rusty Haddock]

Bradley's List Address wrote:
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    >> On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 23:06, Bradley's List Address wrote:
    >That was it. Thank you.
    >I figured if I was in the directory sbin and typed ifconfig it would work.
    >I was wrong.
    >I will try to learn more about the path concept.

Correct.  Windows and DOS check the current directory for a given
command when in the command line window.  Unix does not, by default.
If you want your shell to do this, and it's a known security risk if
you do, add a period to your PATH variable.

If your PATH is   /usr/bin;/bin;/usr/local/bin
just do
	PATH=$PATH:.

Many shells will accept this syntax.  There are some that won't.
Cshell and derivatives come to mind.  Bash does.

	-Rusty-
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