
10-13-2008
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Shell programmer, author
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 2,378
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reksab_16
what does the . ${HOME}/.profile and . ./.common do?
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They source the files ${HOME}/.profile and ./.common.
That means that they are executed in the current shell and can therefore affect the environment (e.g., set variables) of that shell.
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