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templates/example/README.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 DropShell Template Example
 
 Shell scripts defined in this folder are run as DropShell commands on the remote server (not locally!).
-All scripts are passed the server-specific service environment (SSSE) file as an argument.
+All scripts are passed the directory containing the server-specific service environment (SSSE) as an argument
+(the environment file, along with any other server and service-specific files, is then in $1/service.env)
 
-The default SSSE file used when a new service is created is in example/service.env. This must exist,
+The default SSSE file included when a new service is created is in example/service.env. This must exist,
 and must at minimum contain the TEMPLATE=<template_name> variable.
 
-The backups script gets a second argument, which is the backup file to create (a single tgz file).
+The optional backups script gets a second argument, which is the backup file to create (a single tgz file).
 
 Mandatory scripts are:
 - install.sh

templates/example/_common.sh

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ load_env() {
         source "$script_dir/_basic.env"
         set +a
     else
-        echo "Warning: basic.env file not found at $script_dir/_basic.env. Broken template?"
+        echo "Warning: _basic.env file not found at $script_dir/_basic.env. Broken template?"
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -35,23 +35,18 @@ load_env() {
     if [ -z "$1" ]; then
         echo "Usage: $0 [path_to_env_file]"
         return 1
-    else
-        # If path is relative, make it absolute using script directory as base
-        if [[ "$1" != /* ]]; then
-            env_file="$script_dir/$1"
-        else
-            env_file="$1"
-        fi
     fi
-    
-    if [ -f "$env_file" ]; then
-        set -a
-        source "$env_file"
-        set +a
-    else
-        echo "Warning: .env file not found at $env_file"
+
+    env_file="$1/service.env"    
+
+    if [ ! -f "$env_file" ]; then
+        echo "Warning: service.env file not found in $1"
         return 1
     fi
+
+    set -a
+    source "$env_file"
+    set +a
 }
 
 grey_start() {