Linux InstallFest XXXI - Dual Boot and extra hard drive

[Jerry Feldman]

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.
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> Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>> That's a good point, but I don't think that the '. script' applies to =

>> CYGWIN as AFAIK, CYGWIN does not use BASH.
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>> On 11/12/2008 04:45 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
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>>> Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>>>> Gary Johnson wrote:
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>>>>> ...it took me a day to figure out you needed a . in front of it to
>>>>> get it to execute.
>>>>>          =20
>>>> 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.
>>>>        =20
>>> The OP might have been referring to:
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>>> % ./script
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>>> providing script was marked as executable, in which case your=20
>>> explanation applies, or he could have been referring to:
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>>> % . script
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>>> which is just a shortcut for:
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>>> % source script
>>>
>>>  -Tom
>>>
>>>      =20
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