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Vidar Holen edited this page Nov 3, 2022
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In POSIX sh, source in place of . is undefined
Problematic code:
#!/bin/shsource /usr/lib/myfile.sh
Correct code:
#!/bin/sh. /usr/lib/myfile.sh
Rationale:
Your script uses a shell feature not supported by the shebang. Either rewrite the script to be portable, or change the shebang to explicitly require a shell like Bash.
source is a Bash/Ksh specific, readable synonym for .. In this case, you can for the most part easily replace source with .
Do note that source myfile in POSIX sh only searches $PATH, while Bash/Ksh will additionally search the current directory.
Exceptions:
None
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