From:	oe AT port DOT de (Heinz-Jrgen Oertel)
Subject:	Re: Q: executing shell scripts in beta 19
2 Oct 1998 19:42:29 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<36148892.417EC250.cygnus.gnu-win32@port.de>
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To:	"Borre 'Wouse' Sanders" <lsan AT oce DOT nl>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

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


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Heinz-Jürgen Oertel

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