calling another script , preserve environment variables?

Umanga · 11-20-2009, 03:24 AM

Greetings all,

My first (main.sh) script is going to call the second script (settings.sh).I do it as follows:

Code:

#script1 - main.sh
sh config/settings.sh
echo $SGE_ROOT
echo $ARCH
echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

second script is as follows:

Code:

#script 2 - settings.sh
export SGE_ROOT=/SGE6.2/Root
export ARCH=lx24-amd64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SGE_ROOT/lib/ARCH/

But when I run main.sh I dont see output for the environment variables I set in settings.sh ?

Any tips?

Guttorm · 11-20-2009, 03:32 AM

Instead of:
sh config/settings.sh
Try this:
source config/settings.sh
Or shorter version:
. config/settings.sh