On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM, ./aal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Steven S. Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ----- "./aal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 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?
>>
>> I am not certain, but I think so. One of the problems with
>> . <file> running of apps is when the script issues an exit
>> command. The NVIDIA driver install package does this.
>> Nothing more fun than suing to root and using . <file> to
>> avoid chmoding the file and it exits and exits your root
>> shell when you have to fix a problem and reinstall.
>>
>> --
>> Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>
> Very true, I use "sh <file>" if I need the output visible and dont want to
> bother with logging it to a file
>
> I also use . or sh to exeute binaries that dont have the X perm set
>
> which makes me wonder....
can "source" be used to exec a binary file?

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