Re: bash problem. (Am I missing something?)

[jeffdbREMOVETHIS at netzone dot com (Mikey)]

Thank you for the information ;^)
However executing the script via 
source ./test.sh        or
source test.sh          or
. test.sh
(^ note space)
has the intended result, the var gets set in the current shell
the reason I said to use source instead of . is that . is 
ambiguous in a mail message. see.  .-)

executing via a $PATH search like this

test.sh

or by

./test.sh

like he did the variable remains unset. which would 
indicate to me that the script is executed in a subshell, as I stated.

On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 04:54:44 PST, you wrote:

>
>
>>
>>try 
>>
>>source ./test.sh
>>
>>#!/bin/sh causes the script to run in a subshell, so any exports
>>are lost when the toplevel shell resumes. at least I think that's 
>right;^)
>
>wrong.  source is equates to Bourne's . command which will read the 
>given FILENAME and execute the commands in the current shell context.  
>This means that any environment variable set will remain at the end of 
>the script.  Any cd performed will remain in effect as well.
>
>>no idea where the error comes from unless #! aren't the very first 2 
>chars in the file.
>>
>
>I believe the problem to be \r in the script file.  And possibly 
>text!=binary.
>
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         Mikey

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