diff --git a/libncftp/lglob.c b/libncftp/lglob.c
index e374f0c..2d74cd5 100644
--- a/libncftp/lglob.c
+++ b/libncftp/lglob.c
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ LazyUnixLocalGlob(FTPCIPtr cip, FTPLineListPtr fileList, const char *const patte
 	 * work for us.
 	 */
 #ifdef HAVE_SNPRINTF
-	(void) snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd) - 1, "%s -c \"%s %s %s\"", "/bin/sh", "/bin/ls",
+	(void) snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd) - 1, "%s -c \"%s %s %s\"", "sh", "ls",
 		"-d", pattern);
 	cmd[sizeof(cmd) - 1] = '\0';
 #else
-	(void) sprintf(cmd, "%s -c \"%s %s %s\"", "/bin/sh", "/bin/ls",
+	(void) sprintf(cmd, "%s -c \"%s %s %s\"", "sh", "ls",
 		"-d", pattern);
 #endif
 	
diff --git a/ncftp/cmds.c b/ncftp/cmds.c
index 241c7c5..228fb0a 100644
--- a/ncftp/cmds.c
+++ b/ncftp/cmds.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ LocalListCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const Arg
 	(void) fflush(stdin);
 	outfp = OpenPager();
 
-	(void) STRNCPY(incmd, "/bin/ls");
+	(void) STRNCPY(incmd, "ls");
 	for (i=1, dashopts=0; i<argc; i++) {
 		(void) STRNCAT(incmd, " ");
 		if (argv[i][0] == '-')
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ LocalListCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const Arg
 	}
 
 	if (dashopts == 0) {
-		(void) STRNCPY(incmd, "/bin/ls -CF");
+		(void) STRNCPY(incmd, "ls -CF");
 		for (i=1; i<argc; i++) {
 			(void) STRNCAT(incmd, " ");
 			(void) STRNCAT(incmd, argv[i]);
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ void
 LocalChmodCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const ArgvInfoPtr aip)
 {
 	ARGSUSED(gUnusedArg);
-	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "/bin/chmod", 1);
+	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "chmod", 1);
 }	/* LocalChmodCmd */
 #endif
 
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ LocalMkdirCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const Ar
 	}
 #else
 	ARGSUSED(gUnusedArg);
-	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "/bin/mkdir", 0);
+	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "mkdir", 0);
 #endif
 }	/* LocalMkdirCmd */
 
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ LocalRenameCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const A
 	}
 #else
 	ARGSUSED(gUnusedArg);
-	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "/bin/mv", 1);
+	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "mv", 1);
 #endif
 }	/* LocalRenameCmd */
 
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ LocalRmCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const ArgvI
 	}
 #else
 	ARGSUSED(gUnusedArg);
-	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "/bin/rm", 1);
+	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "rm", 1);
 #endif
 }	/* LocalRmCmd */
 
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ LocalRmdirCmd(const int argc, char **const argv, const CommandPtr cmdp, const Ar
 	}
 #else
 	ARGSUSED(gUnusedArg);
-	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "/bin/rmdir", 1);
+	Sys(argc, argv, aip, "rmdir", 1);
 #endif
 }	/* LocalRmdirCmd */
 
diff --git a/ncftp/util.c b/ncftp/util.c
index 70a0808..2ece1a2 100644
--- a/ncftp/util.c
+++ b/ncftp/util.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ InitUserInfo(void)
 
 		envp = getenv("SHELL");
 		if (envp == NULL)
-			(void) STRNCPY(gShell, "/bin/sh");
+			(void) STRNCPY(gShell, "sh");
 		else
 			(void) STRNCPY(gShell, envp);
 	} else {
diff --git a/sh_util/ncftpls.c b/sh_util/ncftpls.c
index ccbd03b..812e670 100644
--- a/sh_util/ncftpls.c
+++ b/sh_util/ncftpls.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Usage(void)
   -R     Long list format, recurse subdirectories if server allows it.\n\
   -g     Recursive and print one path per line; like \"/usr/bin/find . -print\"\n\
   -gg    As above, but append a \"/\" character to directory pathnames.\n\
-  -a     Show all files, if server allows it (as in \"/bin/ls -a\").\n\
+  -a     Show all files, if server allows it (as in \"ls -a\").\n\
   -i XX  Filter the listing (if server supports it) with the wildcard XX.\n\
   -x XX  List command flags to try on the remote server (without leading dash).\n");
 	(void) fprintf(fp, "\nFTP Flags:\n\
diff --git a/win/bmed/util.c b/win/bmed/util.c
index d573a40..6456102 100644
--- a/win/bmed/util.c
+++ b/win/bmed/util.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ InitUserInfo(void)
 
 		envp = getenv("SHELL");
 		if (envp == NULL)
-			(void) STRNCPY(gShell, "/bin/sh");
+			(void) STRNCPY(gShell, "sh");
 		(void) STRNCPY(gShell, envp);
 	} else {
 		/* Copy home directory. */
-- 
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