Thanks a lot... I didn't know what it was called... 'source' is the command for csh.. Thanks again
-Paul On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > > > if the ~/.bash_profile I want to run a file if it exists. I tried using > > 'sh filename' and none of the variables were set. However, if I append > > the filename to .bash_profile it works -- the variables are exported.. > > Not sure about csh, but I think bash (and sh) needs a single dot, i.e. > ". $HOME/.sd.sh" (without the quotes). I believe this is refered to as > sourcing the file. Bash man page should have more on this. > > HTH, > Brandon > > ----- > Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html > > "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." > --Linus Torvalds > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
