bash errorif: Expression Syntax

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, J. Qiang Li wrote:

>>> hello, all
>>>
>>> i have a simple bash script that giving me problem under solaris.
>>>
>>> run "source my_script", got error: "if: Expression Syntax"
>>
>> Why are you using source?  sh/bash uses . not source.  csh uses source
>> and you can't source an sh/bash script when running csh.
>
> you are mostly right. but 'source' works for bash as well, just not
> sh based on the book 'unix power tools'.  >

    You are mostly right; "source" works for bash (and csh, but that's
    an altogether different kettle of fish), but not for sh or ksh.

    You cannot source a bash (or sh) script from within csh.

> anyway, took bit of time to find a good reference on various bourne
> shell. problem solved by using the correct test. this is a good read
> http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/bourne/

    For more links, see my shell page (in my .sig).

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