Why does /etc/profile include /bin and /usr/bin in the PATH?

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Jun 8 08:26:00 GMT 2010


On Jun  7 17:17, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Maybe this has been discussed and I just don't remember but why are /bin
> and /usr/bin included in the default path in /etc/profile?

History?


Corinna

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