running shell scripts

[David T-G]

Mathias, et al --

...and then Mathias Gygax said...
% 
% On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 09:34:55AM -0500, wayne wrote:
% > Or you could just do bash ./someprogram
% 
% or just
% 
% . someprogram

Well, yes, but be careful about that, because you're then running the
script in the context of your shell instead of a subshell.  Any env vars
you change will stay changed, and if your shell ends with an exit then
your window will happily close.


HTH & HAND

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