On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:47:37 +1300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just want to know what really is the difference when running a script as
>
> . myscript or simply myscript, i.e. the first one with a dot infront of it and
> the other one without a dot.
>
> Or does it matter only when invoking the script from within a script?
>
> Any thoughts will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I don't think you have got that right.
Assuming you are on a *nux type system and the full path to your script is
/home/user/bin/myscript
1. If my script is an executable script, and you are in the /home/user/bin/
directory, it can only be executed by
typing at the prompt ./myscript
2. If /home/user/bin/ is part of your environment path, and you are outside the
/home/user/bin/ directory, then
typing "myscript" at the prompt will execute it
3. If myscript does not have executeable permissions, then you can execute it
by issuing
"perl /home/user/bin/myscript" at the prompt, or just "perl myscript"
if /home/user/bin is your cwd
HTH
Owen
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