Gerard Beekmans wrote: >> "source" or ".": which one do you prefer and why? > > This is purely a personal preference and a matter of taste. It's not > based on one being more technically correct over another. > In another reply, Nico R. points out that '.' (dot) is in POSIX.1 and I guess 'source' is probably not. Furthermore, Nico R. gives an example of a shell -- dash -- which does not support 'source'.
If 'source' really is a non-standard extension, then this solely should make it less perferrable to '.' --Angel -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
