. <file_location> what does it mean ?


 
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Old 04-25-2011
. <file_location> what does it mean ?

I have a shell already written shell script. Below is a part of it, which does something when a symbolic link is found.

The query is regarding . $PARAM . what it does ?

Code:
PARAM="/mydoc/param.cnf"
if [ -L "$PARAM" ]
then
   . $PARAM
else
   echo "ERROR: $PARAM missing" ; exit 1
fi

please help ?
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Old 04-25-2011
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