On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Brian Burns wrote about, Hopefully a simple question...:
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> Thanks to all who contribute to this list for us "newbies" to Linux. Hopefully I can
>contribute back one day.
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> Here is the scenario:
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> I have an executable in /USR/LOCAL/SBIN called TCPDUMP.
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> When I am in the dir in a shell logged in as ROOT, I can only execute the program by
>typing ./TCPDUMP instead of just TCPDUMP. The same goes for perl scripts.
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> Am I missing something here or is this normal behavior?
You are missing nothing, it is considered normal not to have the PWD in
your path.
I presume typing tcpdump in anyother directory works, that would show that
your path enviroment is correct.
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> Thanks,
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> A confused newbie
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