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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: Problem with g++ compiled program output
Message-ID: <DLLAur.Fs3.0.macbeth@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
References: <17JAN199620510552@rosie.uh.edu> <31017E15.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:54:27 GMT
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In article <31017E15.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>A common new user error. You're now running /bin/test. Try ./test to
>run your version instead.
I once knew a system manager who was writing a program called
"disk-backup", little realising that there was an existing program of
the same name that did disk-to-disk copies. He trashed the user
filesystem three times before he found out....
Moral: always put dot at the start of your path, especially if you're
root :-)
-- Richard
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