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Re: Why these program need './'?

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In article <87wrg6z5ux.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk>,
Richard Kettlewell  <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> writes:
> > 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.  ?
> 
> So you either type suitable relative paths (quite possibly not "./", in
> a nontrivial project the executables may well not be in the top level)
> or transiently add those directories to $PATH (something I usually only
> do in test scripts).  None of this is rocket science.

Oh sure.  The point I was trying to make is that the comment
about not scattering executable files all over seemed aimed more
at people who do not regularly develop code.  (I sometimes have to
remind myself that most users are probably in that category!)

-- 
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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