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Re: sourcing and args


From: Paul Jarc
Subject: Re: sourcing and args
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:37:50 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux)

debian_sid@linuxmail.org wrote:
>         When sourcing a bash script from a 'parent' script the
>         parameters/args supplied to the 'parent' script are passed
>         on to the sourced script (!)

This is the traditional behavior, required for compatibility with
other shells and existing scripts.  ". script args..." is an
extension.


paul




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