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Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:

>
> eshell is not a good replacement for shell scripts, so if your someone
> who writes lots of shell scripts, eshell isn't going to be a replacement
> for bash. 
>
> Tim

What PATH variable does eshell use? It doesn't seem to use my normal
debian PATH which includes ~/bin. It doesn't seem to use exec-path and I
found no reference in the info file.