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source tool does not work

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Name: Yasir
Date: October 21, 2003 at 16:07:13 Pacific
Subject: source tool does not work
OS: 5.8
CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:

Hi: I am trying to source a file but my OS gives me a message of the form

source: not found ... i belive the source utility is under the /usr/bin directory butits not there. when i do a search on root for source, i still dont find it.

what do i do ?

Thanks.
Yasir


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Response Number 1
Name: Rick Slade
Date: October 23, 2003 at 19:04:55 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

The source routine is embedded in the shell. type:

. path-to-file

the . tells the shell to source the file


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