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| author | jdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-02-12 01:23:11 +0000 |
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| committer | jdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-02-12 01:23:11 +0000 |
| commit | 4911b4c5bd7e262b69fb53594c04227f97afee31 (patch) | |
| tree | 7157bc95f1b7047018dcc1903232d4a649bfaf3f /bin/sh/sh.1 | |
| parent | 0fbf800481760f576d51aee10eefe415ac56ad5b (diff) | |
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Explicitly describe the rules the shell uses to search for a file
sourced by the "." command.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/sh/sh.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/sh.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index 02b674a..6041947 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95 -.\" $Id: sh.1,v 1.17 1997/11/12 04:32:50 jdp Exp $ +.\" $Id: sh.1,v 1.18 1998/01/02 19:23:05 steve Exp $ .\" .Dd May 5, 1995 .Dt SH 1 @@ -974,6 +974,15 @@ etc). A null command that returns a 0 (true) exit value. .It \&. file The commands in the specified file are read and executed by the shell. +If +.Ar file +contains any +.Ql / +characters, it is used as is. Otherwise, the shell searches the +.Ev PATH +for the file. If it is not found in the +.Ev PATH , +it is sought in the current working directory. .It alias [ name[=string] ... ] If name=string is specified, the shell defines the alias ``name'' with value ``string''. If just ``name'' |
