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Subject: Re: exec'ing with relative pathname 
In-reply-to: chupchup's message of Fri, 27 Sep 91 22:12:07 -0400.
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1991 22:27:58 -0500
From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
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 This behavior matches the Plan 9 rc, and at least Rob Pike considered
it the right thing to do (when overheard at Usenix). It can be debated,
but given that Plan 9 rc does it that way I think we should as well.
It does have a certain charm and occasional elegance. For example,
we have a /local/bin/urep directory for UREP commands, but I don't
have it on my path; this way I can type 'urep/cmd' and it'll wind up
executing the right thing.

	- cks