Q: executing shell scripts in beta 19

Fri Oct 2 02:58:00 GMT 1998

Borre 'Wouse' Sanders wrote:
>> Hello,
>> In Beta 18 I used to be able to execute scripts that are in the path
> using just a 'sh scriptname' type command line.
> As of beta 19 I have to include the full path to the script, as
> otherwise the script fails to execute, returning an error "can't open
> scriptname".
>> "ls -l" shows that the scripts don't have an 'x' attribute set, which
> they should have, as they start with #! as supposedly is being
> checked (according to the FAQ) (by sh.exe I assume). May be the
> missing attribute is the problem. However, chmod doesn't help. Is
> this a bug or have I missed something that will get the scripts to
> run in the way they did in beta 18?
>> Thanks in advance for useful suggestions.
>
I put my scripts iand a working shell, bash as sh,
into /bin
and let the scripts start with
#!/bin/sh
-- 
with best regards / mit freundlichen GrÃƒÂ¼ÃƒÂŸen
Heinz-JÃƒÂ¼rgen Oertel
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