------------------------------ *From*: Greg Wooledge *Subject*: Re: "return" should not continue script execution, even if used inappropriately *Date*: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:01:33 -0500 ------------------------------
On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 05:43:04PM -0800, don fong wrote: >* i don't see how this helps. the point is to have one file of code that* >* behaves differently depending on whether it's dotted in or executed at the* >* top level.* https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/109 This seems to work: [ "$BASH_SOURCE" = "$0" ] && echo "This file is meant to be sourced, not executed" && exit 1 [ "$BASH_VERSION" ] || { echo "Please use bash" ; return 3; } [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -le 2 ]] && echo 'No BASH_SOURCE array variable' && return 2 echo "this file seems to be sourced"
