>So if I want to make this, here was my idea. I will make a flat file like this: >binary_name, path1:path2:path3 Holy path, Batman! Now you have to manage fo

>So if I want to make this, here was my idea. I will make a flat file like this: >binary_name, path1:path2:path3 Holy path, Batman! Now you have to manage for each and every possible executable ALL the places it might exist? Let's say you have 100 executables in /bin You now need (just to reference those 100 commands) a 100-line 'flat file' that looks like: ####### ls, /bin ln, /bin mkdir, /bin ####### OR you could just do what has been done for 50+ years, and use $PATH which looks like this: `export PATH = /bin:/usr/bin...` One easy-to-update line ... or HUNDREDS of hard-to-update lines?