Sep 27, 2016 · The source command is not required by POSIX and therefore is less portable than the shorter .. Share.

source is a shell keyword that is supposed to be used like this: sourcefile where file contains valid shell commands. These shell commands will be executed in the current shell as if typed from …

You have an alias which is overriding the builtin source (fix with unalias source) You have a function which is overriding source (fix with unset -f source) You are somehow not using bash …

Feb 27, 2019 · bash will try to source .bash_profile first, but if that doesn't exist, it will source .profile 1. Note that if bash is started as sh (e.g. /bin/sh is a link to /bin/bash) or is started with …

Sep 1, 2018 · The :source % command, when used on the ~/.vimrc configuration, will reload the config. You can achieve the same effect by quitting and restarting Vim, but this is faster. Note …

Apr 20, 2017 · # Source function library. . /etc/init.d/functions start() { # code to start app comes here # example: daemon program_name & } stop() { # code to stop app comes here # …

Jan 27, 2019 · You can trace UNIX from there to either (closed-source) System V UNIX or BSD. If you want to go down the BSD path, FreeBSD is a good option. For a System V-like system, …

Jul 28, 2019 · You could source the new file, which would work for some changes, possibly including updating the PATH variable (depending on other lines). However, sourcing it would …

# Record the rate at which the system clock gains/losses time. driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift # Allow the system clock to be stepped in the first three updates # if its offset is larger than 1 second. …

Apr 7, 2018 · You may be interested in the fact that the ability to source a script with arguments is a bashism. In sh or dash your main.sh will not echo anything because the arguments to the …