What does ./ specify?

nidputerguy · 12-29-2003, 06:17 PM

I know that / is root and that .. specifies up a level but I don't know what ./ means. Thanks for the help!

Dewar · 12-29-2003, 06:23 PM

./ specifies the current working directory.

So if you are working in /etc and you want to run a script in /etc called forward you can type "./forward" or "/etc/forward" to run it (but not just "forward" because linux doesn't have the working directory in your path.)

sharper · 12-29-2003, 06:25 PM

./ means current directory. I use it when I've changed to a directory and want to run a program that's not in the path. ./command means run the command in the current directory and I don;t believe it even bothers to check the path.

nidputerguy · 12-31-2003, 10:45 AM

Thanks guys! Appreciate the help!