Matthew Whipple wrote: > Chas. Owens wrote: > >> On 10/22/07, Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> snip >> >> >>> I wonder ... what language does this meaning of the verb "to source" >>> come from??? I know I've seen the word used like this a few times >>> alerady, but it still sounds completely off. I mean I could >>> understand "use", "include", "call", but "source"??? >>> >>> >> snip >> >> >> It is also a verb in Korn Shell and BASH that means to run a file as >> part of the existing interpreter (instead of spawning a new >> interpreter): >> >> source ~/.db.prod.env >> >> also written as >> >> . ~/.db.prod.env >> >> >> * http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=source >> >> >> > It is also is a stand-alone command to interpret Tcl scripts. Actually it's a built-in (proving my below mentioned Tcl ignorance). > I'd guess > Tcl was the original source of source and was adopted by BASH and other > shells afterwards. I don't know anything about Tcl but maybe it has a > group of functions along the lines of file-type file-name. > >
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