On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:03:04PM -0500, ./aal wrote: > > Good question. > > is # . <file> > the same as # source <file> > > I use "source /etc/profile" after chrooting > would ". /etc/profile" do the same thing?
Yes. "source" is a bash'ism; "." is historical (Bourne, ksh, etc).
John
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