Linux InstallFest XXXI - Dual Boot and extra hard drive

[John Abreau]

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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