running scripts within the current c-shell

Mike Coleman mkc+dated+1017030914.9248c5 at mathdogs.com
Sat Feb 23 04:31:16 CST 2002


Marvin Bellamy <Marvin.Bellamy at innovision.com> writes:
> I'd asked a question about doing this a while back, but never got a response
> (assuming no one knew how). Say, for instance, you'd like to run a script to
> set up your java environment.  If you just run a script, you lose your
> variable settings after the script dies.  To run a script "within" your
> current login shell:
> 
> bin/csh:  source yourscript.csh

For what it's worth, the equivalent under bash, which I *highly* recommend
over csh, would be

        . yourscript.sh

Mike




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