strange echo$PATH question

From: Sam ! (sol_unix@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 20:13:05 EDT


when i do "echo $PATH" from console on the ultra10 solaris 2.8 i
notice repeated paths. But from vt100 telnet terminal it is as it
should be. why?.

user100% cat .cshrc

[snipped]
set path=(. /home/user100 /usr/openwin/bin /usr/local/bin \
/usr/include/ /usr/openwin/include/ /usr/sbin/ /usr/ccs/bin/ \
/usr/bin /usr/ucb /usr/kernel /sbin /etc /usr/lib $path)

user100% echo $PATH << from console.
.:/home/user100:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include/:
/usr/openwin/include/:/usr/sbin/:/usr/ccs/bin/:/usr/bin:
/usr/ucb:/usr/kernel:/sbin:/etc:/usr/lib:/u
sr/bin:.:/home/user100:/usr/dt/bin/:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/loca/bin/:
/usr/include/:usr/openbin/include:/usr/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/bin:
/usr/ucb/:/usr/kernel:/sbin/etc:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/bin:/bin:
/ucb

from vt100 telnet terminal:

user100% echo $PATH
.:/home/user100:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/include/:
/usr/openwin/include/:/usr/sbin/:/usr/ccs/bin/:/usr/bin:
/usr/ucb:/usr/kernel:/sbin:/etc:/usr/lib:/u
sr/bin:.

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