Re: .shrc vs ~/.shrc

[Miod Vallat]

>       $ . .shrc
>       /bin/ksh: .: .shrc: not found
>       $ . ~/.shrc
>       $ echo $SHELL
>       /bin/ksh
> 
> Why is it that ksh can find ~/.shrc and '.' it,
> but cannot find .shrc, which is the very same file?

Because '.' is not in your $PATH.

Miod