>
>
>
> Steven, is "sourcing" the same as "dotting in" a script?  It sounds
> like the way I've seen to reload your .bashrc settings without having
> to log out:
>
> $ echo "FOOBAR=BAZ" >> .bashrc
> $ env |grep FOO
> $ . .bashrc
> $ env |grep FOO
> FOOBAR=BAZ
>
>

Good question.

is                             # . <file>
the same as            # source <file>

I use "source /etc/profile" after chrooting
would  ". /etc/profile"  do the same thing?





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