Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all,

I am having a problem with my code

I am having a file from which i am calling a function, which is present in another file, for this i am using . <file name> followed by the function name, when i am doing like this, second file completely it is executing...

example

File1 Code:

. file2.ksh
tmp=1
fn_test $tmp

File2 Code:

fn_test()
{
echo $tmp
}
echo test

here the output will be

1
test

where i want only the value present in that function, i don;t want the code present outside of that function to execute

how to call only the particular function present in the file 2

thanks in advance

afaik, when using ksh, you may not call only a function which is present in another file. you may execute another file (execute it completely)

use Perl, Python, TCL to do what you are trying

Code:

. file2.ksh > /dev/null
tmp=1
fn_test $tmp

Doesn't suppress execution of commands outside function definitions, this can be very dangerous.


Jean-Pierre.

If you can make File2 to contain functions and only functions, then the code in File1 would be fine.
Something like

Code:

    fn_test()
    {
          echo $tmp
    }
    fn_echo ()
    {
          echo test
    }

Vino has it. Create an "include" file. Source the file which has just functions.
So if you have 3 files: file1.sh file2.sh and myfunctions.sh:
The first executable line in file1.sh is:

Code:

. /path/to/myfunctions.sh

The first executable line in file2.sh is:

Code:

. /path/to/myfunctions.sh

Note the leading dot followed by a space.

Hi all,

Thanks for your reply,

I tried the following code and it is working for me

. file2.ksh > /dev/null

but aigles has posted that "Doesn't suppress execution of commands outside function definitions, this can be very dangerous." can any body explain in what way it is dangerous for me to use this method

Actually my requirement is i have a file, which i need to run the both from command line and also from any file, for which i have created one main script and i have written some code outside of the function and calling the main function to execute from command line

can i proceed using the above code are is there any approach or procees to acheive it, if so please reply me

Thanks in advance