The return on a sourced file is supposed to exit the process. There is only one process because the sourced file is simply a part of the parent process. No child process is spawned.
The HP behavior is actually correct. One NEVER issues an exit or a return from a sourced file for this reason (unless one really wants to exit the foreground process).
The manpage for SunOS says about return: ========================================= return causes a shell function or '.' script to return to the invoking script. If return is invoked while not in a function or a '.' script, then it is the same as an exit .
.... so at least Sun is doing what it syas it should do
************ The return command stops execution of a function and returns to the calling shell script with an exit status of n. If n is not specified, the returning status is that of the last command executed within the function. When return is invoked outside the boundaries of a function, it acts as an exit. ******************
nb - the manpage says "...return causes a shell function or '.' script to return to the invoking script ..."
But I tried without being source files & get the same !?
>cat s1 #!/usr/bin/ksh echo about to call s2 s2 echo have come out of s2 now >cat s2 #!/usr/bin/ksh echo inside s2 now return >s1 about to call s2 inside s2 now have come out of s2 now >uname -rv 5.8 Generic_108528-14 >
