Thank you Michael and Balaji. It works! I'm still in vb mind. vb is what I was doing. shell script is a mistery to me. --- Janet Linsy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This must be a really dumn question. :-< > > I have a script which doesn't work well, since it > doesn't recognize a subroutine. I compared my code > with other codes that work fine with sub function, > and > didn't see any difference. (at least look the same > style to me.) > > So I wrote a really small scipt to test the sub: > ================================== > #!/bin/ksh > > echo "supposed to show hello below" > quick_test > > function quick_test { > echo "hello" > } > ================================== > after I run it, I got: 1[3]: quick_test: not found. > > The box is: > Machine hardware: sun4u > OS version: 5.6 > > Don't know ksh version, how to know ksh version > really? > > Thanks! > > Janet > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - > only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > -------- > Oracle documentation is here: > http://tahiti.oracle.com/pls/tahiti/tahiti.homepage > To unsubscribe: send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe: send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the list archive: > http://www.LAZYDBA.com/odbareadmail.pl > Tell yer mates about http://www.farAwayJobs.com > By using this list you agree to these > terms:http://www.lazydba.com/legal.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Janet Linsy INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).