Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 20:10:26 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: hmmm@alaska.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: . File Message-ID: <199609140210.CAA13704@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <323A5BF3.25BB@alaska.net> (message from hmmm on Sat, 14 Sep 1996 00:17:07 -0700)
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>>>>> hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> writes: > i HAVE to do a ". /completePath/to/File" for it to function. > am i really stuck? why do references to my PATH var get lost when > specifying ". File" Because the PATH variable specifies where programs may be found for execution. When you do ". <file>", you're *not* executing a program; you're telling the currently running shell to read commands from some <file>. Why do you need to do this anyway? Chances are there's something else wrong in the whole process that's making such a thing necessary when it shouldn't be. Tell us, and we'll help! --k
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