Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2488 mails)

[Bryan Tyson <bryantyson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 08:20 -0500, James Knott wrote:
> > You can't run a program from the directory it's in.  That seems to
> be a UNIX 
> > no-no.  Back up one directory, and run the command 
> > with /directory/install...etc.  I know it's goofy, but that's
> UNIX--and 
> > Linux.  In this case, the "directory" is /username.
> You don't have to change to another directory.  you just have to
> precede 
> the name with "./". 

Most here know this, but in case anyone does not, "." stands for "the
current directory." So you are giving it the path without having to type
it out entirely.

Bryan
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