1 SC3051

Vidar Holen edited this page 2022-11-02 21:12:52 -07:00

Table of Contents

• In POSIX sh, source in place of . is undefined
• Problematic code:
• Correct code:
• Rationale:
• Exceptions:
• Related resources:

In POSIX sh, source in place of . is undefined

Problematic code:

#!/bin/sh
source /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

Related resources:

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