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How to tell how script was invoked
I am running under ksh and the 'ps -fp $PPID' will meet my requirements for now. Thanks all for your input....- kbsinc
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
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How to tell how script was invoked
Hi, is there any way I can tell how a script was started? To explain further. I have written a 'wrapper' shell script that starts numerous other existing utility scripts. I want the called 'utility scripts' to act slightly differently depending on how they were started. I need to determine if...- kbsinc
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- Forum: UNIX Scripting
