Please do NOT use "/bin/test" as a command name

Rudy Bazelmans x72609 ms 1989 rudy at wang.UUCP
Wed Dec 11 23:15:11 AEST 1985


> 	So, when writing programs/shell scripts which call other programs
> do include full path names, preferrably in a place where they are easily
> found and can be easily modified (e.g. ".h" files).
> 
> 						Ilya	(...!ucbvax!ilya)

Users should NOT use full directory names in their scripts/programs UNLESS:

	1)	They specifically do not want the local version of a program.
	2)	They are writing setuid scripts (actually, this would be alright too if
		the script changed the path variable).

If users use fullly qualified pathnames for programs, then administrators of
systems would have to replace the standard programs with the new ones rather
than allow both to be available.



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