On 4/27/05, Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 27/04/05, Logu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the difference between invoking a bash shell script with "source
> ./scriptname" and ". ./scriptname". I thought both are same (to invoke > the
> script in current shell). But when there is an exit statement, when the
> script is invoked with "source ./scriptname" exits the current shell > where
> as the ". ./scriptname" did not.
You sure? Both versions exits the current shell for me.
Binand
When you execute it as ./scriptname , the script runs under a subshell. So when it runs the exit statement, it exits the subshell. Whereas when you run as source ./scriptname, it runs under the current shell and therefore it exits the current shell.
Thanks - Tusar --------------------------
You missed dot. It is ". ./scriptname" and not "./scriptname"
^^^
-logu
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