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Old 10-13-2008
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Originally Posted by reksab_16 View Post
what does the . ${HOME}/.profile and . ./.common do?

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.