What is the difference between running manage.py and ./manage.py?

[Malik Rumi]

Is this a Linux thing?

[Lachlan Musicman]

Not really, it's a Nix thing (ie, OSX and BSD as well as linux).

Basically, if you set the file to be executable (chmod +x) then
./filename is a way of executing using the default file association
(.py is python usually).

The ./ bit indicates "look in the folder we are in" - if the file is
not in the folder you run it from, you will need to use the full path.

In other words, the difference is merely one of execution, both give
the same result, since it's two ways of doing the same thing.

cheers
L.

On 4 August 2014 12:03, Malik Rumi <malik....@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Javier Guerra Giraldez]

On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Malik Rumi <malik....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this a Linux thing?

on it's about the PATH variable. it's usually considered less safe to
include '.' (the current directory) in PATH. Of course, that doesn't
stop MS to put it right in the head of the default PATH value.


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[Malik Rumi]

Thanks for the clarification!