Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi pals,

I need one help from you. I have two file in my dir. One is "sample" which is an executable file and one is file which is containing all definitions (i.e Functions and var's). Now i am working Ksh and my requirement is that, i need to able to make use of functions defined in .def file, in my actaul executable file i.e "Sample" but i am not getting. Can anyone please help me out.

Here is what i have done.

$cat sample
echo $(a)
echo $(b)
test1
test2


$cat source.def
################################################################################
#
# NAME: SOURCE_DEFINITIONS.DEF
#
################################################################################


typeset a=10
typeset b=20

test1()
{
echo "****** I am in Test-1 *****"
}
test2()
{
echo "****** I am in Test-2 *****"
}


$pwd
/home/manu/quest
$ls
sample source.def
$
$ksh
$ ls -l sample
-rwxrwxr-x 1 maheshv manu 34 Jan 25 12:46 sample
$
$ ./sample
./sample: line 1: a: command not found

./sample: line 2: b: command not found

./sample: line 3: test1: command not found
./sample: line 4: test2: command not found
$
$

$sample

Regards,
Mani

Code:

. source.def
echo ${a}
echo ${a}
test1
test2

$(...) is used to execute the command and retrieve the result
${var_name} gives the value of the variable var_name

To use the variables and functions defined in other files , first you have to execute that file within the same shell and the syntax is . file_containing_var_fn

Thanks a lot anub. Thank you very much.

Hi , I wrote a function but it is showing still errors, simply i am connected my ftp server and copying files and put it on ftp server.


This is what i have done.

$cat test
TEST()
{
ftp -n -v <<-EOF
open 192.168.0.108
user mohan hellohowru
binary
case
cd $HOME/prod/smdss/files/
mget req_detail*
bye
EOF
}
TEST


$./test
./test: line 16: syntax error: unexpected end of file
$



Regards,
Manu