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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!sobeco!lamy
  3. From: lamy@sobeco.com (Jean-Francois Lamy)
  4. Subject: Re: sh equivalent of csh's `source` wanted
  5. Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young
  6. Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 13:54:11 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <1992Jul31.135411.3595@sobeco.com>
  8. References: <ericw.712530389@hobbes>
  9. Keywords: help
  10. Sender: lamy@sobeco.com (j.lamy)
  11. Lines: 13
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  13. In <ericw.712530389@hobbes> ericw@hobbes.amd.com (Eric Wedaa) writes:
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  15. >HELP!!!  One of my users needs the Bourne Shell equivalent of csh's 
  16. >`source` command.  I don't think this is possible?  Any suggestions?
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  18. The command is spelled ".", as in
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  20. . filename
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  22. Jean-Francois Lamy                                        |   lamy@sobeco.com
  23. Computer Networks and Systems                  |   lamy@sobeco.ca
  24. Sobeco Ernst & Young, Montreal, Canada H2Z 1Y7            |   uunet!sobeco!lamy
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