How to source a file in KSH -- Please help !!!


 
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Old 04-14-2008
I don't think there is any sane way to source a csh script from a ksh script, no. Their syntaxes are different. "Source" means the invoking interpreter interprets the script, which doesn't work if it uses an alien syntax.

However, converting a csh script to Bourne-compatible syntax is often possible. (Might as well replace the wicked csh script for good then -- make the world a better place.)
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DH_INSTALLCATALOGS(1)                                                Debhelper                                               DH_INSTALLCATALOGS(1)

NAME
dh_installcatalogs - install and register SGML Catalogs SYNOPSIS
dh_installcatalogs [debhelperoptions] [-n] DESCRIPTION
dh_installcatalogs is a debhelper program that installs and registers SGML catalogs. It complies with the Debian XML/SGML policy. Catalogs will be registered in a supercatalog, in /etc/sgml/package.cat. This command automatically adds maintainer script snippets for registering and unregistering the catalogs and supercatalogs (unless -n is used). These snippets are inserted into the maintainer scripts and the triggers file by dh_installdeb; see dh_installdeb(1) for an explanation of Debhelper maintainer script snippets. A dependency on sgml-base will be added to ${misc:Depends}, so be sure your package uses that variable in debian/control. FILES
debian/package.sgmlcatalogs Lists the catalogs to be installed per package. Each line in that file should be of the form "source dest", where source indicates where the catalog resides in the source tree, and dest indicates the destination location for the catalog under the package build area. dest should start with /usr/share/sgml/. OPTIONS
-n, --no-scripts Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts nor add an activation trigger. NOTES
Note that this command is not idempotent. dh_prep(1) should be called between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts. SEE ALSO
debhelper(7) /usr/share/doc/sgml-base-doc/ AUTHOR
Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> 11.1.6ubuntu2 2018-05-10 DH_INSTALLCATALOGS(1)