On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> as i mentioned, you need to execute the script with the "." command.
> yes, the . really is a shell command -- it means "execute this script in
> the current shell".
Actually, "." is a builtin alias for "source." It's easier to explain this
to peop
On 10 Jan 2003, Peter Davie wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I got the reason- it is pretty
> much what I suspected. However, I am not clear on your reply. Is there a
> command line utility you are referring to, or a shell syntax (I'm using
> bash) that I should use to
