Re: Should this be this way?

[Pierre Gaston]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes:
>
>> I say that somewhat tongue-in-cheek myself.  Because sourcing files
>> removes the abstraction barriers of a stacked child process and
>> actions there can persistently change the current shell.  Not good as
>> a general interface for random actions.  Normal scripts are better.
>
> You can still put the sourcing in a subshell if you don't want
> persistent changes.
ehe, or just "bash script"