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Old 05-20-2009
Run Script in K Shell using Source
Hi

While running a Shell Script in a K Shell using the source command

source <script_name>

It gives the error ..

source: not found.
Null message body; hope that's ok


Is it that the source command does not work in K Shell.
It works well in bash shell.
# 2  
Old 05-20-2009
Use a dot:

. scriptname

source should be equivalent to the dot, my korn shell says "ksh: source: not found" also, maybe that source is an alias we haven't defined.
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Old 05-20-2009
First, 'source' in bash doesn't run anything, but includes the code the file (much like #include in C)
Second, the Korn Shell (ksh) doesn't know 'source', but has '.', which works in bash just the same, eg:
Code:
. ./other_script

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