Difference between calling the sub scripts

kingganesh04 · December 16, 2008, 5:45am

What is the difference between calling the sub scripts of below two line.

 /home/scripts/devdb.sh
.  /home/scripts/devdb.sh

sh /home/scripts/devdb.sh

We are using the suse 2.0 version

manikantants · December 16, 2008, 5:53am

(1) script will be executed in a new shell
(2) will be executed in the current shell
(3) will be executed in new shell, but script need not to have execute permission

kingganesh04 · December 16, 2008, 5:56am

Can u explain me with an example for each one?

ivhb · December 16, 2008, 6:30am

1, chmod -x /home/scripts/devdb.sh
run it three ways as you listed. anything different?
2, echo "export XXXXX=yyyy" >> /home/scripts/devdb.sh
also run it, then echo $XXXXX
anything different?

kingganesh04 · December 16, 2008, 11:52pm

i could n't get u clearly,
Can u explain me little elaborately