Great, thanks all. I'd never have guessed that a "." would be an include. But hey, saves six keystrokes, and once you know it I guess it's as obvious as anything else. Appreciate the help... ...Kevin ------------------- Kevin Miller Registered Linux User No: 307357 CBJ MIS Dept. Network Systems Administrator, Mail Administrator 155 South Seward Street ph: (907) 586-0242 Juneau, Alaska 99801 fax: (907 586-4500 >-----Original Message----- >From: James Zuelow [mailto:jamesz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:31 PM >To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: What does . mean? > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Myron Davis >> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:08 PM >> To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: What does . mean? >> >> >> I always think of it as this: >> >> source = . >> >> . is just a shortcut for typing source in your shell script. >> >> -Myron >> >> > >Here's the official bash syntax: > >http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/html_node/bashref_54.html#SEC54 > >Cheers, > >James > > >------------------------------------ >This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. >To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to >juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in >the subject header.. > ------------------------------------ This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.