Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!kluft From: kluft@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Ian Kluft) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: how can I "." in csh? Message-ID: <6060014@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Date: 28 Jun 88 20:28:53 GMT References: <3513@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> Organization: HP Systems Technology Div, Cupertino CA Lines: 20 rogerc@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Roger Collins) writes: > In csh, is there an easy way to duplicate the function of Bourne's "." > command? I want to input commands from a file and have them > change the current layer's environment. Yes. Use "source" instead of "." in the C Shell. Instead of . script type source script I believe that C shell had that feature first. Of course, if I'm wrong, we'll hear plenty about it. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ian Kluft RAS Lab UUCP: hplabs!hprasor!kluft HP Systems Technology Division ARPA: kluft@hpda.hp.com Cupertino, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------