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Old 11-06-2008
differences in calling another script inside script

Hello,

we can call the script inside another script.
like
method 1) content of test.sh
########
. test2.sh
#######

method 2) content of test.sh
########
test2.sh
#######

What is the difference here in both samples calling test2.sh?? i mean calling with ". " and calling just script name.

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Old 11-06-2008
The . preserves all of the environment variable changes made in test2.sh. Calling just script name does not allow the test.sh to see any variable changes, or newly created variables.
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