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Post #AwakYROyYiEMiWxgTg by [email protected] |
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Why is PATH called PATH?It's never occurred to me to wonder before, but a c… |
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Post #AwakYRVi9fcP3Q73ya by [email protected] |
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@simontatham $PROGRAMS? $BINS? This is a good question |
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Post #AwakgiXuhXCCCo5Z8C by [email protected] |
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@simontatham If it was designed today it'd be called "SHELL_EXECUTABLE… |
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Post #AwalXq1Xd4XQkIHDzk by [email protected] |
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@simontatham It's actually named after https://en.mwikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_… |
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Post #AwazsjPqn6yVguVJi4 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham As a sequence of places to jump rather than a contiguous route, it… |
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Post #AwkxiTTIcbAlYu27f6 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham QUEST |
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Post #AwkxiTa2DYYntnBVA0 by [email protected] |
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@gray17 ah, yes, nice!execve("/usr/local/bin/foo", ["foo"],… |
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Post #AwkxiiY6Z0vgK9Ofjc by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Well as the “which” command basically demonstrates how PATH is… |
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Post #AwkxiifC8ebIg8iKmm by [email protected] |
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@Lapizistik ah, which suggests that the process of _searching_ PATH ought prope… |
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Post #AwkxikXp91tQVrHTZg by [email protected] |
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@simontatham This is the way :-) |
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Post #Awkxj2tOvXqdPzVxho by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I'd argue that instead of PATH there should be a notion of &qu… |
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Post #Awkxj2z4aSNvhaAUXw by [email protected] |
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@alexg hmmm, but PATH isn't a _shell_ concept specifically. It's shared… |
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Post #Awkxj356E3Co0GzIwK by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I suppose in the alternate history, that would also have developed… |
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Post #Awkxj3Alsxk6HrdpmS by [email protected] |
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@alexg yes, no argument there – it would have been nice to have one or two th… |
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Post #AwkxjMIYmEGJbWQp3g by [email protected] |
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@simontatham the search path list.I believe the PATH name from the use as an en… |
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Post #AwkxjMQ0KYDVybulf6 by [email protected] |
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@f4grx CP/M 3's SETDEF.COM lets you set an order of drives to search (up to… |
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Post #AwkxjMWjvVbYJV49A0 by [email protected] |
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@womump @f4grx hmmm, the name 'setdef' sounds like deliberate mimicry o… |
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Post #AwkxjPBw1JkGZqM4eG by [email protected] |
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@simontatham SETDEF let you do a bunch of other things too; you can see pp29-30… |
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Post #Awkxk43s4CelKhtiGu by [email protected] |
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@simontatham "search paths" is the long-form name I see most for that… |
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Post #Awkxk4AxdqKNghDNK4 by [email protected] |
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@barometz the "search" part certainly makes sense, but for the reason… |
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Post #Awkxk9Ro2dm02O8Om0 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham hence the plural! |
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Post #AwkxkIB7a2m57FOhW4 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham @barometz PATH[] ? /s 🙃 I'd be happy with PATH_LIST, explic… |
