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From:	Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject:	Re: Shell scripts on FAT volumes
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:15:16 +0100
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* yitzle (Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:42:24 -0400)
> On 8/21/07, Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de> wrote:
> > I just noticed (on two different Windows XP) Cygwin installation that
> > Shebang shell scripts are not executable on FAT32 volumes (like usb
> > drives). The mount man page says "Normally, files ending in certain
> > extensions (.exe, .com,  .bat,  .cmd) are  assumed  to be executable.
> > Files whose first two characters begin with  '#!' are also considered
> > to be executable."
>
> I created test.sh on my USB key (FAT):
> 
> > cat > test.sh << END
> #!/usr/bin/bash
> echo "Test!"
> END
> 
> Then I did
> > chmod 700 test.sh
> 
> Then I ran it:
> > ./test.sh
> 
> Worked fine.

Hm yeah, I was unprecise. Executing works for me, too. But tab 
completion doesn't or something as simple as "which startkde" for 
scripts in $PATH. Also in start scripts like startxwin.bat I can't 
simply put "startkde", I have to say "sh /bin/startkde".

Thorsten


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