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Re: Why these program need './'?

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In article <qIOdnZCCr4ir5JTTnZ2dnUVZ8i2dnZ2d@lyse.net>,
David Brown  <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> wrote:
> On 27/06/2011 23:42, blmblm@myrealbox.com wrote:
> > In article<slrnj0gknf.7ds.unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca>,
> > unruh<unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca>  wrote:
> >> On 2011-06-26, Todd Carnes<toddcarnes@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 13 May 2011 13:02:52 +0200, David Brown wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Typing "./" before programs in your current directory is hardly a
> >>>> hardship - but if it is, put . in your $PATH if you want.  It's /your/
> >>>> machine, and /your/ choice.
> >>>
> >>> It may not be a hardship, but it's certainly an annoyance.
> >>
> >> Why? You surely have your runnable programs in specific directories. JUt
> >> put them into your path. Having runable probramms scattered all over
> >> hell's half acre is even more of an annoyance.
> >
> > I guess if you don't do much code development that might be true,
> > but, um, surely if you're writing code (including shell scripts),
> > executing files in the current directory, or a nearby directory, is
> > something you're going to do a lot?  I don't mind including the "./",
> > and in fact it avoids any possible ambiguity, but the idea that *all*
> > executables live in directories in $PATH seems -- wrong.  ?
> >
> 
> A very common solution is to have /home/$USER/bin on your $PATH, and put 
> symbolic links there that link to the real program.  The program itself 
> doesn't have to be in a common bin directory (I agree that's impractical 
> for code development).

I guess that's an improvement, but if you write a lot of throwaway
programs (as some of us do?), then you have to think about whether
you're cluttering up $HOME/bin with links that will break, don't you?

The point I was trying to make ....  More in response to another post.

-- 
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer:  I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.

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Why these program need './'? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 19:56 -0700
  Re: Why these program need './'? "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 23:11 -0400
    Re: Why these program need './'? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2011-05-13 04:23 +0000
      Re: Why these program need './'? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-05-13 10:29 +0000
      Re: Why these program need './'? David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-05-13 13:02 +0200
        Re: Why these program need './'? Todd Carnes <toddcarnes@gmail.com> - 2011-06-26 14:35 +0000
          Re: Why these program need './'? despen@verizon.net - 2011-06-26 19:10 -0400
          Re: Why these program need './'? unruh <unruh@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> - 2011-06-27 09:52 +0000
            Re: Why these program need './'? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-27 21:42 +0000
              Re: Why these program need './'? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-27 22:59 +0100
              Re: Why these program need './'? David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2011-06-28 08:46 +0200
                Re: Why these program need './'? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 15:50 +0000
              Re: Why these program need './'? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2011-06-28 10:02 +0100
                Re: Why these program need './'? Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2011-06-28 09:00 -0400
                Re: Why these program need './'? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-28 14:21 +0000
                Re: Why these program need './'? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 15:51 +0000
              Re: Why these program need './'? "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-06-28 18:19 -0400
                Re: Why these program need './'? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-06-29 19:54 +0000
  Re: Why these program need './'? Feranija <feranija@net...> - 2011-06-29 00:47 -0700

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