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From: exodus@mfgfoc.uucp (Greg Onufer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: source command on ksh?
Message-ID: <479@mfgfoc.uucp>
Date: 1 Nov 88 16:34:11 GMT
References: <17396@adm.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Focus Semiconductor Sys, Sunnyvale
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From article <17396@adm.BRL.MIL>, by Leisner.Henr@xerox.com (Marty):
> A friend of mine is using the MKS korn shell on DOS and wanted to know:
> "How do I run a shell script in the context of the current shell?"
> On csh, the source command does exactly what we want to do.
> How do I do it on ksh?

This question really does NOT belong in this newsgroup....
try comp.unix.questions, but the answer follows anyways:

	.

Yes, a period.  Try a period followed by a space and then the filename
of the file you wish to "source".  I prefer source myself, a period
is not very self-documenting.

-greg
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