Re: simple question regarding local variables

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>]

On 09/19/2015 09:32 AM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> Actually this is a simple question about sourcing.
>
> On Sep 19,  9:23am, Ray Andrews wrote:
> }
> } sourcing I understand to create a child shell
>
> No, sourcing explicitly does NOT create a child shell; "source" *means*
> to execute the commands in the current shell.  Running a script by its
> name without sourcing is what creates a child shell.
>
Of course.  Pardon, I knew that at one time. Functions, sourced scripts
and executed scripts. Over the summer I forget half of what I learned the
previous year.