* Jeff Newmiller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: <snip> > > The behavior of the first token on a bash commandline is different than > its behavior when provided as the argument to an instance of bash... bash > interprets the _argument_ as a normal path to a script file... which > amounts to allowing invocation of shell scripts in the current directory. > When provided as the first token on a commandline, bash is more cautious > if no slashes are present. >
So, just so I understand the reasoning, instead of my blind rote fumbling, do I understand correctly that the function of the ./ is merely to identify the directory? Is there more to this than that? I had the assumption that its function was to identify the following item as an executable. Cheers Cam -- Cam Ellison In lovely Roberts Creek cam (at) ellisonet (dot) ca H: 604-885-2897 C: 604-802-7928 _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
