Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] builtins/source: parse the -i option

[Andreas Kähäri]

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 05:31:05PM +0000, Matheus Afonso Martins Moreira wrote:
> >> Why not add a -p option to '.' to specify the path to search.
> >> That is
> >>    . -p "${BASH_SEARCH_PATH-${PATH}}" file
> >> would work if someone decided to use the
> >> BASH_SOURCE_PATH var name to store the path to use
> >> (defaulting to $PATH if that one isn't set).
> 
> > Believe it or not, I had thought of that as well.
> > It sidesteps the whole BASH_SOURCE_PATH
> > variable brouhaha altogether.
> 
> I think this is a really good solution. I hadn't thought of it.
> Users can even make an alias to set a default for themselves.
> 
>   -- Matheus

Or even

        PATH=${BASH_SEARCH_PATH-$PATH} . file

without the need to add any options to . or to source.  But maybe that
too pedestrian?

-- 
Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri
Uppsala, Sweden

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