Unix definition is involved here. Unix only looks down the PATH variable for
executables. If you happen to be in a directory which is not on the PATH
list, then the executable is not found. Some places include '.' on the PATH
list do allow home execution. This is considered by many as a security
problem and to be avoided. Do what you want.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Carl McNamee
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 4:59 PM
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> Subject: posix command question
>
>
> Pardon me, my posix ignorance it showing!
>
> I am curious about something that I have been running into in the posix
> shell.  Why do I have to qualify the name of a script to be run with "./"?
> If I have the script "test" in the directory "/SYS/CARL/" and I am in the
> CARL directory I have to run the test script by typing "./test".
> Why can't
> I just type "test" and have it run?
>
>
>
> Carl McNamee
> Systems Administrator
> Billing Concepts
>