Linux InstallFest XXXI - Dual Boot and extra hard drive

[David Kramer]

It has both.  I use it all day at work (and I use the bash shell).

Jerry Feldman wrote, On 11/13/2008 10:27 PM:
> If I recall it was ksh.
> On 11/13/2008 10:31 AM, John Abreau wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure the cywin shell actually is bash.
>>
>>
>> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>  
>>> That's a good point, but I don't think that the '. script' applies to
>>> 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
>>>>> documented hacks. So, when you type a command name, it will only
>>>>> search the $PATH. To run something from any directory not in $PATH
>>>>> you need the full path (beginning with /) or a relative path
>>>>> 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
>>>> explanation applies, or he could have been referring to:
>>>>
>>>> % . script
>>>>
>>>> which is just a shortcut for:
>>>>
>>>> % source script
>>>>
>>>>  -Tom
>>>>
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