Script to selectively source a file for an interactive session.

[Condore]

Hello all!

On my Solaris server, I currently have a menu in my .profile that gets executed when I log in. In this menu it asks a question and in response sources one of 3 files to set up environmental variables for my session.

I wanted to make a simple script that, when passed a parameter will source one of those 3 files which will set the environmental variables for my session and not just the script.

Here is what I have that works in the $HOME/.profile for my login:

        read AutoSys_ENV
        echo "You picked " $AutoSys_ENV

        if [ "$AutoSys_ENV" = "DEV" ]
        then
             echo "Entering Dev Environment"
           . /opt/autotree/autouser/autosys.ksh.dev.server1
         elif [ "$AutoSys_ENV" = "SIT" ]
        then
             echo "Entering Sit Environment"
           . /opt/autotree/autouser/autosys.ksh.sit.server1
         elif [ "$AutoSys_ENV" = "UAT" ]
        then
             echo "Entering Uat Environment"
           . /opt/autotree/autouser/autosys.ksh.uat.server1
         else
             echo "Invalid selection. "
         fi

I wanted to create a script called 'go' that can be passed the parameter "DEV", "SIT", or "UAT" that would source the appropriate "...autosys.ksh.XXX.server1" file which contains exported variables. Here is what I have so far:

#! /usr/bin/ksh
# script to change between environments
#
if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
   echo "Give me dev, sit, or uat."
   exit
fi
if [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; then
   echo "What?"
   exit
fi
if [ $1 = "dev" ]; then
   . /opt/autotree/autouser/autosys.ksh.dev.server1
   echo $1 ; exit
fi

if [ $1 = "sit" ]; then
   . /opt/autotree/autouser/autosys.ksh.sit.server1
   echo $1 ; exit
fi

...etc

What I'm seeing is that the exported variables are not sticking around when the 'go' script ends. How do you source a file from within a script and keep the exported variables in your session which were set within the sourced file?

Thanks for any help or insight you all can provide!

 

[PHV]

You have to source the go script.

Hope This Helps, PH.
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