Re: Default PATH setting - reduce to something more sensible?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:48:21 +1100, Alexis wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

But you can use “∕” in a file/directory name.

 
Not in a POSIX-conforming way:

>
    ldo@theon:trydir> mkdir f1
    ldo@theon:trydir> touch f1/f2
    ldo@theon:trydir> touch f1∕f2

[...]

Yes, yes, we all know what you're saying, and we all hope you've
enjoyed the attention.

Of course the '/' character can appear in a pathname.  And of course
it cannot appear in a pathname component, which POSIX also calls a
"filename".

pathname definition :
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_254

filename definition :
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_146

(On some systems it might be possible to edit the raw disk to
change a filename like "foo_bar" to "foo/bar".  The result would
be a corrupted filesystem.)

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