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Strange problem with source
From: |
Cecil Westerhof |
Subject: |
Strange problem with source |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 22:31:14 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) |
Is this a known problem?
I have a strange problem with source. Sometimes variables are not
defined, but functions are.
I have a file a with:
function includeFile() {
local fileName
local needsToExist=true
if [[ ${1} == "--notNeeded" ]] ; then
needsToExist=false; shift
fi
if [[ ${#} -ne 1 ]] ; then
echo "includeFile [--notNeeded] <INPUT_FILE>"
return 1
fi
INPUTFILE=${1}; shift
if [ -s ${INPUTFILE} -a -f ${INPUTFILE} -a -r ${INPUTFILE} ] ; then
source ${INPUTFILE}
else
if [[ ${needsToExist} != false ]] ; then
echo "${INPUTFILE} could not be used"
return 1
fi
fi
}
includeFile b
In file b I have:
declare testVariable="testing"
echo ${testVariable}
function testFunction {
:
}
When doing:
source a
The string "testing" is printed and the function testFunction is
defined, but the variable testVariable is not defined.
When I change in file a the includeFile to source, testVariable is
defined.
Very strange indeed. Especially there includeFile does a source.
I am using bash 4.2.42(1)-release.
--
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
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