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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Executing shell scripts.
Date: 22 Apr 1997 17:05:22 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc4e99$04988b00$cac2f8c6@cecilstoll.sccc.cc.ks.us>,
"Cecil O. Stoll" <cstoll@sccc.cc.ks.us> writes:
>
> I am having trouble executing shell scripts from the command line with
> FreeBSD 2.1.5. I have changed the mode of the scripts they are readable
> and executable. After searching the mail list archives @www.freebsd.org, I
> added the "#!/bin/sh" line at the top of the script but this didn't help.
> The scripts can be executed by typing "sh scriptname" or "bash scriptname"
> or even "csh scriptname". I obviously missed something very important
> here. Any help and information will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.
Let me guess, the scripts are in the current directory ? The current
directory isn't part of your PATH ?
Unlike DOS, unix doesn't treat "." as being part of the PATH unless
specified as such. Most people consider having "." in your path as
a security risk.
> Cecil Stoll
> SCCC
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !