linux shell

[T Michael Turney]

. file
is a built-in shell command.  It executes the commands
in file in the current shell, no sub-shell is spawned.
Since no sub-shell is spawned, variable settings stay in effect.
file is found along $PATH and does not have to be executable.
Cheers,
T.mike

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org
[mailto:owner-linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org]On Behalf Of Jack Liu
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:35 AM
To: linuxppc-embedded at lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: linux shell



hi,all

 I am wondering about the usage of ". ifcfg-eth0" since ifcfg-eth0 is
not an execuatable. Can anyone tell me?

Best regards
Jack Liu


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