[juneau-lug] Re: What does . mean?

  • From: Kevin Miller <Kevin_Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:14:20 -0900

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
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>-----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?
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>> -----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?
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>> 
>> I always think of it as this:
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>> source = .
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>> . is just a shortcut for typing source in your shell script.
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>> -Myron
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>Here's the official bash syntax:
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>http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/html_node/bashref_54.html#SEC54
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>Cheers,
>
>James
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