Busybox shell scripting

[Joshua ChaitinPollak]

Hello,

I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

Thanks,

-Josh

[Yann E. MORIN]

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak
I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

A single dot '.' will do the trick. At least I do that and it works.
Example below:

#!/bin/ash
. /etc/sysconfig/foobar.cfg
if [ "$FOOBAR_OPT" = "y" ]; then
foobarize buz
fi

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

[Joshua ChaitinPollak]

Post by Yann E. MORIN

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak
I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

A single dot '.' will do the trick. At least I do that and it works.
#!/bin/ash
. /etc/sysconfig/foobar.cfg
if [ "$FOOBAR_OPT" = "y" ]; then
foobarize buz
fi
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

Thanks, thats exactly what I needed.

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak

Post by Yann E. MORIN

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak
I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

A single dot '.' will do the trick. At least I do that and it works.

Thanks, thats exactly what I needed.

Or:

# alias source='.'

should do the trick too.


Cheers,
Cristian

[Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn]

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak

Post by Yann E. MORIN

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak
I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

A single dot '.' will do the trick. At least I do that and it works.

Thanks, thats exactly what I needed.

Or:

# alias source='.'

should do the trick too.


Cheers,
Cristian

[Joshua ChaitinPollak]

Post by Yann E. MORIN

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak
I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

A single dot '.' will do the trick. At least I do that and it works.
#!/bin/ash
. /etc/sysconfig/foobar.cfg
if [ "$FOOBAR_OPT" = "y" ]; then
foobarize buz
fi
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

Thanks, thats exactly what I needed.

[Joshua ChaitinPollak]

Hello,

I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

Thanks,

-Josh

[Yann E. MORIN]

Post by Joshua ChaitinPollak
I'm trying to write a few init scripts for use with Busybox, and I
just discovered the 'source' command is not available with ash. Is
there a workaround method to import variables into currently running
scripts and to run sub-scripts without spawning more copies of ash?

A single dot '.' will do the trick. At least I do that and it works.
Example below:

#!/bin/ash
. /etc/sysconfig/foobar.cfg
if [ "$FOOBAR_OPT" = "y" ]; then
foobarize buz
fi

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.