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Old 07-16-2008
max29583 max29583 is offline
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Shell script help required
Hi,

Can someone help me with this small piece of code.

DIRNAME=$(dirname $0)
BASENAME=$(basename $0)
DATA="${DIRNAME}/${BASENAME}.data"
[ -r $DATA ] && . $DATA

whats is meant by [ -r $DATA ] && . $DATA here...

Regards,
Abhishek
Last edited by max29583; 07-16-2008 at 07:20 AM.. Reason: Missed my name at the end....