On Thursday 18 November 2004 05:15 pm, Chuck Hast wrote:
> I have a set of applications that I want to configure and start up. I am
> seeing that the general way it is done is to write the monolithic shell
> script that sets up ports, starts apps, etc. What I really want to do is
> have a master script that calls modular scripts that will then set up
> a port or start a app, then if I need to go in and change something I
> do not need to poke around the master script only go in and work on
> the port script that I want to change.
>
> My question is if my main script calls another one, when that one
> finishes, will it hand the execution back to the script that called it?
> That way say I have a machine that has 8 ports on it, each port has
> about 10 lines of configuration, if I want to remove a port I just go in
> and comment out the line that calls that port, I do not have to go in
> and comment out 8-10 lines of commands and parameters. If I want
> to add a port I just take a template and change the parameters are
> are port dependient and make a entry in the main script that calls
> it.
A script with a series of instructions will execute as written. However, if
you insert 'exec' it will turn over control to it and not return.
--Steve Szmidt
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