http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/ Web Publishing Techniques Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:23:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/#comment-6 Sally Payne Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:04:34 +0000 http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/#comment-6 In windows the dot and forward slash mean a directory path so just i guess they are the same in linux. but not sure! In windows the dot and forward slash mean a directory path so just i guess they are the same in linux. but not sure!

]]> http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/#comment-182 William Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:07:39 +0000 http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/#comment-182 The quick and easy explanation is that Unix/Linux command shells don't search the current directory for commands, unless the current directory is listed in the $path variable. So, unless the command is built-in like 'grep', 'type', or 'ls', or the command's path is listed in the $path variable, the command shell won't find the command. Unless you specify the current directory as the path by typing "./[command]" at the command line. For more reading on the subject visit <a href="http://www.kingcomputerservices.com/unix_101/traveling_down_the_unix_$PATH.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.kingcomputerservices.com/unix_101/traveling_down_the_unix_$PATH.htm</a>. Hope that cleared things up a bit. The quick and easy explanation is that Unix/Linux command shells don’t search the current directory for commands, unless the current directory is listed in the $path variable. So, unless the command is built-in like ‘grep’, ‘type’, or ‘ls’, or the command’s path is listed in the $path variable, the command shell won’t find the command. Unless you specify the current directory as the path by typing “./[command]” at the command line. For more reading on the subject visit
http://www.kingcomputerservices.com/unix_101/traveling_down_the_unix_$PATH.htm. Hope that cleared things up a bit.

]]> http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/#comment-224 admin Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:52:44 +0000 http://www.eatmybusiness.com/food/2007/04/25/what-does-mean-in-linux/12/#comment-224 Thanks for that William. Its a really difficult phrase to search for, so that article is really useful. Thanks for that William. Its a really difficult phrase to search for, so that article is really useful.

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