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Stephane CHAZELAS

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From: Stephane CHAZELAS <this.addr...@is.invalid>

Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:07:59 +0200 (CEST)

Local: Fri, May 9 2008 11:07 am

Subject: Re: Sourcing file in the same shell using a command and csh

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2008-05-9, 07:25(-07), amiro...@googlemail.com:
[...]

> How can I solve the following scenario:

> /--- source-file ---
>| setenv MYPATH /my/path
> \-----------------------

> /--- executable-file ---
>| #!/bin/csh
>| source source-file
> \-----------------------------

> After running ./executable-file $MYPATH is not visible anymore since
> the source-command has been executed in a different shell. If I remove
> the shebang I get "./executable-file: line 1: setenv: command not
> found".

> How can I source a file in the running shell with the help of a
> command?

[...]

If you're shell is csh compatible, use

source executable-file

If not, maybe what you're after is something like:

eval "$(csh -c 'source source-file; sh -c export\ -p')"

(assuming "sh" is a POSIX sh; on Solaris, you need
PATH=$(getconf PATH):$PATH export PATH to pick the correct sh).

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Stéphane

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