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PengYu.UT@gmail.com

2007-12-28, 1:36 am

Hi,

I'm wondering if it is possible to source a file without specifying
the directory it is in (bash). Is there any way to specify the search
path for sourced files.

With this, I can just source a file just like including a file in C++.

source file_without_path

#include <file_without_path.h>

Thanks,
Peng
Icarus Sparry

2007-12-28, 1:36 am

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:26:28 -0800, PengYu.UT@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering if it is possible to source a file without specifying the
> directory it is in (bash). Is there any way to specify the search path
> for sourced files.
>
> With this, I can just source a file just like including a file in C++.
>
> source file_without_path
>
> #include <file_without_path.h>
>
> Thanks,
> Peng


If you had typed "help source" in bash you would see that "source" looks
for its file using the PATH variable.
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