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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 20:10:26 -0600
From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
To: hmmm@alaska.net
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>>>>> hmmm  <hmmm@alaska.net> writes:


> i HAVE to do a ". /completePath/to/File" for it to function.
> am i really stuck?  why do references to my PATH var get lost when
> specifying ". File"

Because the PATH variable specifies where programs may be found for
execution.  When you do ". <file>", you're *not* executing a
program; you're telling the currently running shell to read commands
from some <file>.

Why do you need to do this anyway?  Chances are there's something else
wrong in the whole process that's making such a thing necessary when
it shouldn't be.  Tell us, and we'll help!

--k