Re: script execution problem

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:59:26 +0200, "Elekaj34" <elekaj34@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hello
>
> I have installed a RedHat Linux 8.0 (on me home PC).
>
> In my /root directory, there is a file named 'jobs'.
> This file has the following attributes :
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1294 jui 31 19:47 jobs
>
> Tis file start with the following line :
> #! /bin/sh

Is that a space, between the #! and the /bin/sh ?
If so, remove it. The shebang line /should/ read

#!/bin/sh

with no spaces between the #! and the path to the interpreter

> When I try to run it, this is the result :
> : bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Yes.

> In the /bin directory, the file 'sh' exist.

If your shebang line is as you've transcribed it here, then it doesn't matter
whether or not there is a /bin/sh. The kernel isn't looking for file /bin/sh,
it's looking for " /bin/sh", which is a completely different file.

> Can you help me ?

Probably.

> I want to be able to run this file correctly

Try the script without the space in the shebang line, or reply with a better
transcription of the shebang line.

Good luck


--
Lew Pitcher
IT Consultant, Enterprise Technology Solutions
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')

Lew Pitcher <Lew.Pitcher@td.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:59:26 +0200, "Elekaj34" <elekaj34@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> In my /root directory, there is a file named 'jobs'.
>> This file has the following attributes :
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1294 jui 31 19:47 jobs
>>
>> Tis file start with the following line :
>> #! /bin/sh

> Is that a space, between the #! and the /bin/sh ?
> If so, remove it. The shebang line /should/ read

Space is fine and even normal, Lew!

> #!/bin/sh

> with no spaces between the #! and the path to the interpreter

Nope. Try it!

>> When I try to run it, this is the result :
>> : bad interpreter: No such file or directory

He probably has an extra ctl-M (\r) at the end of his line. Yadda
yadda. Written in msdos. Yadda.

Peter