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[Fred James]

Just a touch more detail:
In any given Linux/Unix directory there are two special files, . and .. 
(dot, and dot dot).
"dot dot" is the parent directory of the current directory, and "dot" is 
the current directory.
When any directory, ./filename is the relative path to filename.


Greg wrote:

> I would use the absolute path, i.e. /usr/local/netscape6.1/netscape, which is
> the same as ./netscape if your present working directory (pwd) is
> /usr/local/netscape6.1.
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 04:16:21PM -0400, Patrick Parks wrote:
> 
>>I have a easy question, that I can not seem to find an answer for. I
>>have a program, lets say Netscape browser that I want to create a
>>shortcut for in my desktop. In order to get this program to launch, I
>>have to cd to the directory where it is located "cd
>>/usr/local/netscape6.1" then I have to type "./netscape" to get it to
>>run, not just netscape. My question is, how would I type this in the
>>command section of the launcher that I am trying to create, and why do I
>>have to do a "./" to get it to run, it is the first program I have had
>>to do this with, and I do not understand what the "./" does. Could
>>someone please enlighten me? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>           ,,,,
>>          (O O)
>>+oOO-------(_)-----------+
>>|     Patrick Parks      |
>>|  www.patrickparks.com  |
>>|patrick at patrickparks.com|
>>+---------------------oOO+
>>       |    |    |
>>        |__| |__|
>>         ||   ||
>>        ooO   Ooo
>>
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