bjl@loki.pttrnl.nl (Ben Lippolt) writes:

quoted text
>You can put '.' in your path. In 'csh' or 'tcsh' you do this as follows:
>    % set path = (. <rest of your path>)
>In 'sh' and 'bash' you do it like:
>    $ PATH=.:<rest of your path>
>    $ export $PATH


One suggestion to avoid possible trojan horses:

Always, *ALWAYS* put '.' at the *END* of you path is you insist on
putting it in your path at all.

ie, instead of:

        export PATH=.:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
                   ^^^
do instead:

        export PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:.
                                                ^^^

this makes you *MUCH* less vunerable to trojan-horses in programs in
/bin, /usr/bin, or /usr/loca/bin because if a program is found in any
of those places first, the one in '.' will be ignored.  (unless you 
specifically specify './program')
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