Re: OT ? (was Using Linux Arachne and Re: DOS footprints?)

[ichi]

Clarence Verge wrote:
> 
> > If you want something to apply to everyone, you put it
> > in /etc/profile.
> 
> Does this mean that everyone, including root, must have 
> /etc in their path ?

Nope.  /etc does not go in your path.  Bash already knows
to look in /etc.  In fact, /etc is the normal place for
storing universal configuration files.  Any application
that uses such a file automatically looks in /etc.

Cheers,
Steven