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  1. Newsgroups: comp.emacs
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!utcsri!utmath!leblanc
  3. From: leblanc@math.toronto.edu (Emile LeBlanc)
  4. Subject: Re: shell command and macro completion
  5. In-Reply-To: peta@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Peter Whaite)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep10.200037.24499@math.toronto.edu>
  7. Sender: leblanc@math.toronto.edu (Emile LeBlanc)
  8. Reply-To: leblanc@math.toronto.edu (Emile LeBlanc)
  9. Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Toronto
  10. References: <1992Sep3.171417.21110@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com> <JCT.92Sep8091931@se33.wg2.waii.com> <1992Sep9.163827.12528@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
  11. Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 20:00:37 GMT
  12. Lines: 15
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Sep9.163827.12528@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>, peta@thunder (Peter Whaite) writes:
  15. ...
  16. >set my_path  = ( . ~/bin )
  17. ...
  18. >set path =  (    $my_path $cap_path $sys_path  $adm_path\
  19. >        $X11_path $app_path $loc_path\
  20. >         $news_path $demo_path $tw_path )
  21.  
  22. Putting "." at the beginning of a path can be dangerous.  Someone could
  23. have a funny "ls" executable in a directory that you enter.
  24.  
  25. Emile LeBlanc
  26. INTERNET:  leblanc@math.toronto.edu
  27. BITNET:    leblanc@math.utoronto.ca
  28. UUCP:      ...!utgpu!math!leblanc
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