From: billtut@microsoft.com (Bill Tutt) Subject: RE: Why won't #!/bin/sh scripts run on their own? 13 Apr 1997 02:34:29 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Original-To: "'John A. Lewis'" , gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.8) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com The typical reason for this to happen is that your current directory isn't in your path. Doing: ./test.sh should work if this is the case. The solution is to make sure that '.' is in your path. Bill Tutt billtut@microsoft.com Just a programmer, and not part of MS's PR machine. > -----Original Message----- > From: John A. Lewis [SMTP:john.lewis@syspac.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 1997 11:53 PM > To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com > Subject: Why won't #!/bin/sh scripts run on their own? > > Sorry for the bandwidth, but I can't find a reference to this problem > anywhere in the FAQ, docs, or ml archive. > > My shell scripts which have the #! declaration on the first line show > up > in 'ls -l' as executable, but when I try to invoke them, they wont > run. > Here is a session that demonstrates the problem: > > /home> ls -l > total 1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 500 everyone 24 Apr 12 23:47 test.sh > /home> cat test.sh > #!/bin/sh > echo testing! > /home> /bin/sh test.sh > testing! > /home> sh test.sh > testing! > /home> test.sh > BASH.EXE: ./test.sh: No such file or directory > /home> > > Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? > > This is happening under Win95 at home. I am also running the same > install under NT 4.0 at work, and this problem doesn't show up. > > Thanks! > > John A. Lewis (john.lewis@syspac.com) > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message > to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".