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[Hermit]

This is emabarrassing for me to ask, but I am relatively new to Linux. What does /. mean, and it's significance?

Thanks,

hermit

[twofoolish2b]

I think your talking about http://www.slashdot.org/. It's a pretty cool Linux/Open Source hang out.

[StanLin]

In case you meant ./ I haven't got the answer but I believe it runs the binary wherever it is located. Anyone with the correct answer?

[X_console]

/. is the website www.slashdot.org (http://www.slashdot.org)

./ means "this directory". So "./date" will execute the program "date" which is located in the current directory, rather than "/bin/date"

[Muzzafarath]

Slashdot's not cool, kuro5in (http://www.kuro5hin.org) is cool ;)

[gettinbranded]

Originally posted by Muzzafarath:
Slashdot's not cool, kuro5in (http://www.kuro5hin.org) is cool ;)

How do you pronounce kuro5hin?????

[Bios_Hakr]

corrosion...like rust...you see the founder is named Rusty...get it?