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From: volpe@underdog.crd.ge.com (Christopher R Volpe)
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Subject: Re: Can you access command line args from a source'd script?
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Date: 14 Sep 90 15:12:07 GMT
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In article <1990Aug24.191615.27944@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
boysko@dsrgsun.CES.CWRU.Edu (Glenn Boysko) writes:
|>Is it possible to get the filename of a sourced file (either Csh or Sh) while
|>the file is being sourced?
|>
|>For example, can you have a sourced file echo its pathname?  Something like:
|>
|>	% source <some_path_name>
|>
|>	I am <some_path_name>

Try the following: Create file "stest" containing the following:
  set line=`history 1`
  echo "My name is " $line[3]
  echo "My first arg is " $line[4]
  
%source stest arg1
My name is  stest
My first arg is  arg1
%

I'm sure you'll want to make it more robust, but that's the 
general idea.            
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Chris Volpe
G.E. Corporate R&D
volpecr@crd.ge.com