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Re: [ecs] Linux progress Danny White Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:42:50 -0500

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The problem you are running into is that when you run a script in the shell, 
it is run in a subshell.  Any cd's, set var followed by export etc. only 
effect the subshell and any subshells it might start. Once it is finished, it 
exits back to the parent shell which is unchanged. One solution to the 
problem is to use the "." to source in a script. This causes the script to be 
run in the current shell instead of a subshell. Another way of doing it is to 
write the commands you want to run as functions in the script and source in 
(".") the definitions. After that, the commands will work in the current 
shell.

Hope that helped some.

ymos,
danny

On Wednesday 17 September 2003 07:26 am, you wrote:
> say what ? :-)
>
> At 10:15 PM 9/16/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >Mark,
> >
> >Try this " . .sh"
> >
> >Rick Mortensen
> >www.can-be-scanned.com/HomeAutomation
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Mark Gilmore" <mark@markgilmore.net>
>
> >To: <ecs@netbloc.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 18:02
> >Subject: [ecs] Linux progress
> >
> > > A re-install seems to have eliminated all my connection problems :-).
> > > I can now connect and transfer files in both directions.
> > > ECS is virtually compiled (a few lines yet to fix up).
> > > I will begin testing it tomorrow.
> > >
> > > I would still like to know how to run a .sh, such that the result
> > > would be *exactly* as if I typed the commands in the .sh.
> > > For example, I want to use .sh files to CD to other folders.
> > >
> > > Mark Gilmore
> > > http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
> >
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