Can anyone tell me what the syntax :.: in a script means??
Thanks in advance
Could you maybe show at least the whole line? Use code tags when posting it, thanks.
export PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/sqr85/bin/SQR/Server/Oracle/bin:/usr/
bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/*****/progs/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.:/usr/ccs
/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/u01/app/oracle/product
The : are just separators. The values in between are paths, as the name of the variable PATH says.
The . is the current directory.
Exporting this will allow to call executable files from your current working directory.
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