12-10-2007
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Originally Posted by
sharif
This function is from the script only. The big script is having multiple functions. This function is one among that. This is not seperate script. (This is function)
Yes, but as porter asked, how are you invoking the big script? Are you running it as: /path/to/script or 'cd /path/to/script; ./script' or what?
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