On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 08:40:57PM -0500, Lloyd wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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 Just guessing here, since I don't think I've ever seen a "real" definition for them, but I'd imagine that 'rc.d' means resource configuration directory and 'init.d' means initialization directory. Again, just a guess. The whole thing is just a path to follow to get to the files that are contained in the directory /etc/rc.d/init.d/ -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
