How to call Variable from another file.

[ranjank]

Hi All,

I want to call a variable defined in the another file.For E.G

cat tomcat

VERSION=test
ABC=mmm
BCD=nnn
......

I want to call variable VERSION in spec file.Is there any way i can do it.Any pointers on this will be of great help.

Regards,
Ranjan.

 

[p5wizard]

If you "source" the tomcat file in the spec file, you will inherit all variables

For Korn, Bourne, bash shell go like this

# # #
# source variables from tomcat file
. /path/to/file/tomcat
# # #
# now use any variable defined in tomcat file
echo $VERSION
...

HTH,

p5wizard