Importing files in Emacs Lisp/Emacs configuration file in the same directory

I have a couple of emacs configuration files. I was going to consolidate them down into a common file and then a couple other files that import the common file. Then have their own functions. I was just 开发者_如何学Pythongoing to have them all as .emacsCommon in my home folder but when I write:

(require '.emacsCommon)

it doesn't load the function. What is the right way to do this??

Cheers

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Use 'load-file' to load a EmacsLisp file

(load-file "./.emacsCommon")

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If you want to use require, you should add (provide 'foo) at the end of a file named foo.el. If that file is on the load-path, you can then use (require 'foo) to load this file, and add the feature (foo) to the feature list. (The printname of 'foo, the feature name, is used as a filename here.)

Since your filename has a leading dot, and doesn't end in .el, you should give the filename as an argument to require though:

(require 'foo ".foo")

Note, that you could also just use load or load-file.