I have not declared it off-topic. I did ask you to refrain from telling others to put '.' in PATH.
For all I care, you can do whatever you like on your box. Shoot yourself in the foot as much as you like, suit yourself. Just don't tell others, here or elsewhere, to do the same. Savvy?
I will give the advise I decide to give.
I've had dot in my PATH for 32 years and my foot remains free of bullet holes.
Ahh so that means it's not wrong? I have dirty underwear too. I am far too willing to solve permissions problems by just putting "umask 0" at the top of a script or as the first part of a system() command. And I'm not as thorough as I really should be about vetting and sanitizing any strings or values that were ultimately supplied by a user or other unpredictable outside source before I use them as part of commands I'm running. I have been doing so since day one and have never been burned either. But I'm still never going to tell anyone else it's a good way to operate, nor am I "can't help being amused by people who say it's wrong" Brian K. White brian@aljex.com http://profile.to/KEYofR +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org