permission denied for ". " (dot space)



hi,
when i try to run a script with ". "(dot space) in my home, it gives me error ".: permission denied".




quote:
snv899!ashishp:~ [151]> ls -l tmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ashishp rater 8 apr 12 09:38 tmp*
snv899!ashishp:~ [152]>

snv899!ashishp:~ [152]>
snv899!ashishp:~ [152]> cat tmp
echo hi
snv899!ashishp:~ [153]> . ./tmp
.: permission denied.
snv899!ashishp:~ [154]> . tmp
.: permission denied.
snv899!ashishp:~ [155]>




any explanation for this behaviour?

thanks in advance,

i am using tcsh. isn't this command ". " avaibale in tcsh?

for ksh it works.

the dot command is sh/bash/ksh. that family has a lot of stuff in common. csh/tcsh is another family of shells. almost nothing is common between the two familes.

in csh try:

try this



usually if you want to run or refer to something in your current directory, you can simply address it with a "./" (dot slash)...to execute file in you directory, make sure it is execute permissions and then "./file". hope that helps.