* "dot" doesn't search path
@ 1999-07-22 10:18 Mark H. Wilkinson
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From: Mark H. Wilkinson @ 1999-07-22 10:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rc
the rc paper says
. [-i] file ...
file. $* is set for the duration to the reminder of the argument
list following file. $path is used to search for file. Option -i
indicates interactive input a prompt (found in $prompt) is printed
before each command is read.
the Unix man page says
. [-i] file [arg ...]
Reads file as input to rc and executes its contents.
With a -i flag, input is interactive. Thus from within
a shell script,
. -i /dev/tty
does the ``right'' thing.
note that $path isn't searched in the Unix rc. is this just an
oversight? I'd certainly find it useful if it did search $path. ".
/usr/local/bin/rcoraenv" is a bit of a handful.
-Mark.
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