On Sunday 30 January 2005 07:08 am, Tom Chapin wrote: > Jerry writes: > >Should I just move my practice scripts to /home/hub/bin and > >not put my home directory in my path? > > Yes, in general. > > In specific, I always do: > export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:. > in my .profile or .bashrc or wherever, and create my practice scripts in a > current directory of topical interest while I am getting them to work, and > then put them in $HOME/bin after they work and I know they will be of > interest to me no matter where I am. > > You should never put your $HOME in your path because it would get too > cluttered with gunk (that's what .../bin directories are for).
i agree with this. in my home, i have a bin dir; that's what should be in your path. here's my echo $PATH: /home/rsgranne/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/opt/RealPlayer > And I > always put my current directory in my $PATH, but always at the end. i would NOT do this (much as i respect tom's knowledge & wisdom), because it's a security hazard. go look online, & you'll find many, many folks cautioning against it. scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com "Ours is the age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to." ---H. Mumford Jones _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ [email protected] http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
