[7462] in Athena Bugs
rt 7.2R: csh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Mon Apr 22 22:53:18 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 91 22:53:03 EDT
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: portnoy
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.2R (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: apa16
What were you trying to do?
Add something to my path
What's wrong:
If you add a path which is executeable by you, but not
readable, it might as well not be in your path. My guess is that csh
tries to read the directory to add its contents to the hash table,
fails, and forgets about it.
What should have happened:
1) At least have it complain
2) Have it remember paths it couldn't read, and when I type a
command, when it gets to the point in the path where that directory
occurs (I know, the hash stuff makes this interesting), it should look
in that directory for the program, caching hits if it finds one.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
