PATH bug?

[Henry Spencer]

> If the current directory is specified as the last directory searched using
> a trailing ":" instead of ":." (in $PATH) then sh will not find executable
> files in the current directory.

Try two trailing colons.  If you read the (post-V7) manual page very
carefully, this behavior is documented:  colon is effectively functioning
as a terminator rather than as a separator.  It is agreed that this
(a) is a botch, and (b) ought to be documented more prominently.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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