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[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

That's a good point, but I don't think that the '. script' applies to=20
CYGWIN as AFAIK, CYGWIN does not use BASH.

On 11/12/2008 04:45 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> Gary Johnson wrote:
>>> ...it took me a day to figure out you needed a . in front of it to
>>> get it to execute.
>>
>> Usually, the current directory is not included because of well=20
>> documented hacks. So, when you type a command name, it will only=20
>> search the $PATH. To run something from any directory not in $PATH=20
>> you need the full path (beginning with /) or a relative path=20
>> beginning with ./. $HOME and ~ are essentially full paths.
>
> The OP might have been referring to:
>
> % ./script
>
> providing script was marked as executable, in which case your=20
> explanation applies, or he could have been referring to:
>
> % . script
>
> which is just a shortcut for:
>
> % source script
>
>  -Tom
>


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