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Old 03-30-2019
Sourcing file from parent directory bash
"Debian 9 64x - LXDE"

I try to source a file from my parent directory:

Quote:
directory/install.bash
directory/links.bash

directory/scripts/source.bash
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#source.bash
 . ../links.bash

but i get "file not found".
I tried . "../links.bash" and . '../links.bash'. I got on all methods the same result.
If i use the absolute path it works, but i don't want to use an absolute path.
Last edited by int3g3r; 03-30-2019 at 08:18 PM..
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Old 03-30-2019
How are you calling/executing the source.bash script and from what directory?
# 3  
Old 03-31-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
How are you calling/executing the source.bash script and from what directory?
./install.bash gets manual executed in a lxterminal window.

install.bash calls the source.bash with follow line: xterm -e "./scripts/source.bash"

source.bash gets executet in a new xterm terminal window.

After that, the. "../links.bash" gets called in the source.bash. I see "path not found" in the xterm window.

This is the absolute path directory:
Quote:
/home/username/install.bash
/home/username/links.bash

/home/username/scripts/source.bash
Last edited by int3g3r; 03-31-2019 at 05:56 AM..
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Old 03-31-2019
install.bash is run from /home/username, where xterm is called from as well, executing ./scripts/source.bash, pwd still pointing at /home/username. So ../links will be looked for in /home, where it, of course, does not reside.


This "mess" shows again, that it may prove use- and helpful to - at least consider to - use absolute paths in script systems.
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int3g3r
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Old 03-31-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
install.bash is run from /home/username, where xterm is called from as well, executing ./scripts/source.bash, pwd still pointing at /home/username. So ../links will be looked for in /home, where it, of course, does not reside.


This "mess" shows again, that it may prove use- and helpful to - at least consider to - use absolute paths in script systems.

Solved, Thank you!
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