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What does a command with format [period][space][filename] mean? Example: . ./setup.sh Also in the .bashrc file, we have a line like that: . "$HOME/.bashrc" What does this mean? Muhammad Raihan Muhaimin The . operator is also known as source . According to this forum thread , the first . is the command source to read and execute commands from the filename given as argument. The second . is the current directory. . ./setup.sh is the same as source ./setup.sh or source setup.sh if the ./ , the current directory, is in the PATH environment variable. Here is the manual for that: http://ss64.com

I get a 404 response from .Net MVC when I try to make a request where my search term ends with a . (period). This is the route that I'm using: routes.MapRoute( "Json", "Remote.mvc/{action}/{searchTerm}/{count}", new { controller="Remote", count=10} ); The search works fine with a . inside the search term, it just cannot end with it. Any thoughts on how to route this search request? I have solved a similar issue (I had trouble with paths like /music/R.E.M.) I've added the following line into the system.webServer/handlers section (adjusted for your case): <add name="UrlRoutingHandler" type=

This question already has an answer here: Convert JodaTime duration to string 2 answers I'm using the Joda-Time library with Java. I'm having some difficulty trying to turn a Period object to a string in the format of "x days, x hours, x minutes". These Period objects are first created by adding an amount of seconds to them (they are serialized to XML as seconds and then recreated from them). If I simply use the getHours() etc. methods in them, all I get is zero and the total amount of seconds with getSeconds. How can I make Joda calculate the seconds into the respective fields, like days,