shell script

[Scott Gilchrist]

I downloaded a script from the web that sets an oracle variable or sid from a list of possible databases. I want to run the script when the oracle dba logs on to the server. If i place the script name in the .profile it runs a subshell and the exported variables are lost when the script exits. If I run the script from the command line like this it works '. ./scriptname'. Is there a way to run the script at login and set environmental variables in the current shell?

[Curtis Larson]

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0xdbbc6af52b04d5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

[James A. Donovan]

Add the line, . ./scriptname, to your .profile

[Scott Gilchrist]

When I put. ./scriptname in the . profile I get the following error .profile [37]: 1: Parameter not Set

../scriptname -> .profile [37] ../scriptname not found

alias ss=". ./scriptname" -> sh: 1: Parameter not set

[James A. Donovan]

Is this script in the users home directory? If not then you need to specify the path to the script.

. ${PATH_TO_SCRIPT}/scriptname

e.g.

. /var/opt/oracle/scriptname

[Unix Systems Admin]

Just two things to check.

First of all check the options for your shell (you are running POSIX/Korn? If not then alias may not work).

Check for 'nounset' in the shell environment (either found by default as 'set -u' in the /etc/profile or your own .profile.

Our Oracle DBAs had set up a similar script and were flummoxed when they kept getting the same error.

Adam