[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 01:15:45PM -0400, Gene Tsygan wrote: > > Thanks for the help. Since this is a "newbie" list I will allow myself > > another stupid question. Why should I use " ./ " before the file name? > > (Also thanks to Nick Kay for the answering my question) > > Gene > > You need to use the './' in front of the names of the files because > /etc/rc.d/init.d is not part of your PATH. (echo $PATH to see what it IS > set to). You'll find the dot-slash comes in handy. > > The other time you'll want to use it is if you want to execute a file in the > directory you're currently in rather than a file of the same name that is in > the PATH. For example, say you're installing a new version of Netscape and > you want to make sure it works before deleting the old one. You simply 'cd' > to the new directory, do ./netscape, and it'll run that copy. If you just > typed 'netscape', it would probably run the old copy in /usr/bin or > /usr/X11R6/bin. > > Hope that explanation helps! It does! I've been wondering about that myself. What does rc.d and init.d mean -- Lloyd Osten [EMAIL PROTECTED]
