What is the operator * ./. . . *

royeo · 09-03-2006, 05:22 PM

I often see and use this ( ./. . . ) but I don't know what it is. Can somebody please explain exactly what its called, what it is and what it does.

Thanks,

royeo

reddazz · 09-03-2006, 05:37 PM

Can you give an example of where you have seen it?

AdaHacker · 09-03-2006, 06:13 PM

I'll assume the ellipsis indicates some unspecified command, because the literal string "./..." doesn't mean anything.

Putting ./ at the beginning of a commmand, e.g. "./configure", simply means that the executable in question is in the current directory. It's actually a path. A "." simply indicates the current directory, just like "~" indicates your home directory.