i ACTUALLY THINK i UNDERSTOOD THAT! I hope Brian doesn't kick me out for all the post title changing I did. But hey.... if the topic changes shouldn't you change the post title too? Too make it easier to search for information! That is the main reason I posted that..... too add to the pool of knowledge that is PLUG. I know it is simple but hey there are sure too be other newbies that come here and are too shy to ask anything. Whereas I talk to much! On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:01 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > If you do the dot and then space, and then the file name (with path unless > it's in $PATH), then it will execute in the current shell. That means you > can set your prompt or whatnot and it will affect your current shell. > > . /path/to/script > > I use this to do things like set my prompt and whatnot. It's basically > shorthand for calling "source". > > The technical details are that it does not fork a new process and run the > program in the new shell, but will run it in the current process space. > Instead of a fork and exec, it just issues an exec. > > The "." in ./script is shorthand for your current directory. That's why > when you do an "ls -al" you see "." and "..". The ".." is parent > directory, so it's a way of saying "back up a directory". If you're in > /home/name/blah/yadda, and you want to execute /home/name/lala, then issue > "../../lala/script" > > Anyway, just giving you more info to confuse you :) > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> I put the right terms into google finally and found out to put a full >> path name without the leading dot. I always thought that the dot meant that >> you were telling the computer you were running a program (you know- ./). >> Silly me. >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: