tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27854051.post5213044650384757825..comments2025-03-06T21:33:36.994+02:00Miki Tebekahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296782049507092947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27854051.post-69812127573239963752010-04-14T16:36:46.757+03:002010-04-14T16:36:46.757+03:00. is used by bash in the same process. However when you use Popen you get a new environment and sometimes you want to populate it with some variables from a shell script - this is what this function does.Miki Tebekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296782049507092947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27854051.post-71176783726963445742010-04-13T16:17:50.100+03:002010-04-13T16:17:50.100+03:00What about &#39;.&#39; ?<br />As in . foo.sh ?<br />isn&#39;t that the bash equivalent of source?Dotan Dimethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679383318383597174noreply@blogger.com