[plug] calling a script within a script

[Ashley Jennings]

Hi Jon,

I've hacked two scripts to see if I understood "exec" correctly.

here is a demo which works for two files in the same directory.

<file foo>
#!/bin/sh

exec ./foo2



<file foo2>
#!/bin/sh

echo "Hello from foo2"



all the best

Ashley
http://gumnut.sf.net


On 09/12/05, Jon  Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
> Like to know how do I call a script (backup1-functions) within a script (backup1.sh).  Within the backup1-functions script there are other functions.
>
> Tried the following
> . backup1-functions
> ./backup1-functions
> . ./backup1-functions
> I get the same response:
> # ./backup1.sh
> ./backup1.sh: line 21: ./backup1-functions: No such file or directory
> ./backup1.sh: line 24: tar_backup: command not found
> ./backup1.sh: line 27: tar_verify: command not found
>
> Thanks
>
>
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