find The current directory is included in the PATH environment variable

[Tuumke]

I'm trying to use find and run a execdir on .rar files for mass unpacking but i'm getting the error that . is in the $path. Should'nt that be removed?

 

"find: The current directory is included in the PATH environment variable, which is insecure in combination with the -execdir action of find.  Please remove the current directory from your $PATH (that is, remove "." or leading or trailing colons)"

 

https://askubuntu.com/questions/621132/why-using-the-execdir-action-is-insecure-for-directory-which-is-in-the-path

Edited July 12, 2018 by Tuumke

[Toml]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. I'm currently running into the same issue and wondering whether you solved it.

 

I'm trying to run ' find /mnt/user/downloads/ -name '*.rar' -execdir unrar e "{}" \; '

Edited November 5, 2019 by Toml

[unraidyn]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread... but to anyone coming across this problem in future, here is an easy solve applying a little beginner linux knowledge;

 

# Take a backup of $PATH to restore later
# Note: This will only keep the variable alive for the current session!
$ PATH_TEMP=$PATH

# ... just to make sure the $PATH_TEMP variable has been stored
$ echo $PATH_TEMP
.:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

# Print the current $PATH so we can extract all paths except the current directory, so we can override it
$ echo $PATH
.:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
#-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# Copy everything BUT the first current directory marker (.) and break character (:)

# Next, export the modified $PATH to override it for the current session using the string you copied above
$ export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

# ... just to make sure the $PATH variable change has been stored
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

# ---
# ... now you can run the find command!
# ---

# To restore the session $PATH either close your current terminal session and start a new one, or to manually restore
# the current session, lets load $PATH back from the $PATH_TEMP variable set earlier
$ export PATH=$PATH_TEMP

# ... verify everything is back to normal. Looking good!
$ echo $PATH
.:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

 

Edited January 31, 2022 by unraidyn