Now for something completely different

[Duston, Hal]

Dana,
 
Dana [mailto:akadanak at kc.rr.com] wrote: 
>  I know it is a holdover from my DOS days,  
> but I just can't get used to having to put 
> ./ in front of executable files when I want 
> to run them from the directory in which  
> they reside. 
>
> Can anyone tell me why this is? 
> 
> More importantly, is there any way to 
> change this behavior? 
> 
> Dana Smith 
> 
 
See http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/>  
2.13) What's wrong with having '.' in your $PATH ?
  
Putting a '.' in your $PATH will make it so you 
know longer have to type ./, but there are security
issues.
 
Hal Duston
hald at sound.net