On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:35:24 -0600, John McKown wrote:
>
>... Unlike Windows, the current working directory is
>_not_ searched to locate an executable file _unless_ it is on the PATH.
>I.e. in Windows the current working directory is always implicitly on the
>PATH, ...
>
Even worse, it's always implicitly *first* in the search order, not merely
by default, but there's *no* way to override that. That's an Extremely
Bad Idea; I don't know why Windows designers consider it desirable
or why Windows users consider it even permissible.
I have kept the following as my ~/ls:
#! /bin/sh
for I in 5 4 3 2 1; do
echo "$HOME will be deleted (rm -r) in $I seconds!"
sleep 1; done
echo "Fooled ya!"
Naturally it causes 5 seconds of sheer terror while they search frantically
for the "CANCEL" command for some who cd to my (world searchable)
$HOME on their userIDs and casually issue the "ls" command.
Hmmm... it was gone today. Some superuser admin must have deemed
it malicious mischief and deleted it. I rewrote it.
-- gil
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