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# 1  
Old 10-27-2010
Parent Script exiting with child script
PARENT SCRIPT

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
#
. $HOME/.profile
. /etl/estdm2/DEV/scripts/DM_ENV_VARS.ksh DEV DB

echo "CALLING CHILD SCRIPT"
. /${SCRIPT_DIR}/DM_CHild.ksh -x HRDATA.dat -e $sEnv -d Wait_Time

*****THE PARENT SCRIPT EXITS HERE ********
*****whether the file is found or not*******

RetCode=$?
	if [ "${RetCode}" != "0" ]
  	then
   	echo "File Not Recieved"
   	fi
exit 0

CHILD SCRIPT (DM_CHild.ksh)

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
#
. $HOME/.profile

FUNCTION_POLL_FOR_FILE
{
POLL FOR THE FILE 
}


if [ FILE NOT FOUND ]
THEN 
        echo "FILE NOT FOUND"
	exit 1
ELSE
	echo "FILE FOUND"
	exit 0 
fi

I assume that the exit in child script is causing an exit in parent script. Is there any way to retrun to the parent without exiting the child.

Earlier (when the parent did not exit with child) the child call was

PHP Code:
/${SCRIPT_DIR}/DM_CHild.ksh -x HRDATA.dat -e $sEnv -d Wait_Time 
but due to some Environment Variable issue we are forcing the child script to run in the same shell as parent -

PHP Code:
. /${SCRIPT_DIR}/DM_CHild.ksh -x HRDATA.dat -e $sEnv -d Wait_Time 
I believe this is the cause of the exit. IS it possible?

Please Any suggestion or help is appreciated.

Thanks
Sumeet
# 2  
Old 10-27-2010
I suppose you could use return, instead of exit in the child script:

Code:
if [ ... ]; then
  echo "FILE NOT FOUND"
  return 1
else
  echo "FILE FOUND"
  return 0 
fi

# 3  
Old 10-27-2010
well...
What you are calling a child script is not really a child. The dot command makes the script run in the current shell. So when it exits, its the same as if the exit was in the "parent".

Try setting a variable instead of exiting, then test that variable back in the "parent" instead of testing RetCode.
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