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To:	"David J. Fiander" <davidf@golem.waterloo.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: rc 1.5 
Date:	Sat, 17 Apr 1993 12:47:18 -0400
From:	Alan Watson <alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu>
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[Re flags:]
> It's also there so scripts can change flags.  I would like to
> be able to write scripts that turn on the -x flag internally,
> when their debug flag is specified on the command line.

I would also find this useful, especially for debugging functions.

> Actually, /bin/sh, /bin/ksh, and the POSIX.2 shell all check
> the current directory for a file named "test", and _then_
> search the path for a file named "test" which is also
> executable.

None of the Bourne derivatives (sh, sh5, ksh, and bash) behave that way
on this machine (Decstation running Ultrix 4.3); the only ones which
get it `right' are the csh derivatives (csh and tcsh).

> The reason I would like "." to search the path is that then I
> can create the directory /usr/bin/rclib, and store
> scripts in there.  Then my scripts can just say
> 
>	 . rclib/read
> 
> to load the read function that I have stored there.

Try:
	rclib = /usr/bin/rclib
	. $rclib/read