I could be sleeping..

[P Lanvin]

Hi,

Anyone seen this behaviour?

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bash-2.03# . /.profile
bash: .: /.profile: cannot execute binary file
bash-2.03# pwd
/
bash-2.03# . ./.profile
bash: .: ./.profile: cannot execute binary file
bash-2.03# file /.profile
/.profile:      ascii text
bash-2.03# alias
bash-2.03#
bash-2.03# exit
# pwd   
/
# . ./.profile
# bash --version 
GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.7)
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# ls -l /.profile
-rw-r--r--   1 root     other        146 Jul 23 11:39 /.profile
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rgds

/PL, xtremely fuckin' jaded..