I have been using the following for a while with no problems:

#!/bin/sh

if [ -f _tailscript ]; then
. _tailscript
fi

But when I run this on the latest version of Ubuntu 7.10 LTS I suddenly
get an error:

# ./install
.: 9: _tailscript: not found

# file /bin/sh
/bin/sh: symbolic link to `dash'

If I source on my bash commandline it works:

# . _tailscript
Success

Can anyone tell what the problem is?

Mike

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:57:17 +0000, Michael B Allen wrote:

> I have been using the following for a while with no problems:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ -f _tailscript ]; then
> . _tailscript
> fi
>
> But when I run this on the latest version of Ubuntu 7.10 LTS I suddenly
> get an error:
>
> # ./install
> .: 9: _tailscript: not found
>
> # file /bin/sh
> /bin/sh: symbolic link to `dash'
>
> If I source on my bash commandline it works:
>
> # . _tailscript
> Success
>
> Can anyone tell what the problem is?
>
> Mike

Try ". ./_tailscript". You probably (thankfully) don't have "." in your
PATH.

GNU make has problems with it canonicalising filenames, in exactly this
case. nmake has an operator to get around this problem.

On 30 Jan 2008 17:34:46 GMT
Icarus Sparry <usenet [at] icarus.freeuk.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:57:17 +0000, Michael B Allen wrote:
>
> > I have been using the following for a while with no problems:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > if [ -f _tailscript ]; then
> > . _tailscript
> > fi
> >
> > But when I run this on the latest version of Ubuntu 7.10 LTS I suddenly
> > get an error:
> >
> > # ./install
> > .: 9: _tailscript: not found
> >
> > # file /bin/sh
> > /bin/sh: symbolic link to `dash'
> >
> > If I source on my bash commandline it works:
> >
> > # . _tailscript
> > Success
> >
> > Can anyone tell what the problem is?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Try ". ./_tailscript". You probably (thankfully) don't have "." in your
> PATH.
>
> GNU make has problems with it canonicalising filenames, in exactly this
> case. nmake has an operator to get around this problem.

Works like a champ.

Thanks,
Mike

Michael B Allen wrote:
>
> But when I run this on the latest version of Ubuntu 7.10 LTS I suddenly
> get an error:

Btw: There is no LTS version of Ubuntu 7.10. The last LTS was 6.06 and the
next is 8.04.

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