-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Whether or not you need it has to do with whether or not the script has execute permition. If it does, then you won't need that. The period is just another way of saying the word "source" at the beginning of a line. Thus: . /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop Is the same as: source /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop Bash will run these whether or not the script has the execute permition provided you have used "." or "source". - -- It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and over. (History repeats itself) Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 And so it came to pass that on Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Steve Holmes said > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 07:58:24PM -0600, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> To turn off the pcmcia service in slackware, try this: >> >> chmod a-x /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia >> >> To kill it without rebooting, do this: >> >> . /etc/rc.d/rc.pcmcia stop >> >> Note the period at the beginning, it is required. > > Why is that first period necessary? I've seen that from time to time in > Slackware startup scripts but I never knew why and when I've added > commands to my own startup scripts, I usually leave it out with no known > effects. > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDHDJ9WSjv55S0LfERAxyFAKCZX1HkxNPcfpAOk/RcPsyyk8dj8QCbBqZF > YctH/MsWZ9s6ci8Yny++xCk= > =aR5D > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDHKGaJ6dqn0mqPbARAqbwAJ0TSdft1AShndsiNMi76dy5vYnJXQCgmon0 1ayWaKPYlvrQ8HJfKr7zFH8= =ZWkB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
