On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:17 AM, John Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ..but to be pedantic, you said "different location that is earlier in
>> the PATH than the real executable". If it is in the PATH, then which
>> would work.
>
> Forget that - I've made an incorrect assumption. Assert! :-)
I think the main point we are making to the OP is that the location of
the actual binary shouldn't be relied upon as the location for the
config files. These have been traditionally split up in Unix/Linux
systems on purpose (default config under /etc or /usr/share,
user-specific under $HOME).
-- Brett
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