From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: bash and shell script problem
12 Jun 1998 04:39:20 -0700
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To: "Christopher G. Faylor" <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
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On 11-Jun-1998, Christopher G. Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
> >I can't get shell scripts to run.
> >In bash when I when I try to run shell-scripts I get:
> >
> >bash.exe: shell-script-name: No such file or directory
> >
> >
> >When I run exe-files that are in the same directory as the script it works
> >fine.
> 
> Try doing a 'chmod a+x whatever' on the shell-script, just like UNIX.

I don't think DOS's FAT file system has any "x" (execute) bits, so
I don't think that will work.  Instead, I think cygwin bases the execute
permission on the file extension and the characters at the start of
the file.  For shell scripts, I think they need to start with "#!/bin/sh".

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