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From: Martin <linkscrazy AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Can't execute shell script as wish subprocess, exes work
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--- Jukka Laurila <jplauril AT cc DOT hut DOT fi> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm unable to run shell scripts in wish using
> 
>    open [list | my-shell-script]
> 
> The error I get is
> 
> couldn't execute "my-shell-script": no such file or directory
> 
> - the shell script is set as executable
> - it starts with "#!/bin/sh"
> - /bin/sh is executable
> - the directory where my-shell-script is is in PATH
> - running .exe's in that same directory in the same way 
> works fine
> - using the command
> 
>    open [list | sh my-shell-script]
> 
> the shell script works fine.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
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wish shell distributed with cygwin is not a cygwin app, it is a windows
app.  So, it doesn't know anything about #! syntax.
Try exec sh -c <script> or open | sh -c <script>.

Martin


	

	
		
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