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RE: Newbie bash user problem--interactive bash will not run my scripts!
- To: "Michael L. Creech" <mike at blueoaksoftware dot com>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: Newbie bash user problem--interactive bash will not run my scripts!
- From: Frank Merenda <fmerenda at offmail dot vetexchange dot com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:17:44 -0400
If you are in the directory where the script exists, try putting a ./ in
front of the shell script, like:
./build-dist.sh
That will tell your bash shell to execute the script from the current
directory.
I hope that helps!
Thanks,
Frank Merenda | Senior Software Engineer
VetExchange | http://www.VetExchange.com
fmerenda@VetExchange.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael L. Creech [mailto:mike@blueoaksoftware.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:20 PM
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Newbie bash user problem--interactive bash will not run my
> scripts!
>
>
> There must some really simple thing I'm doing wrong.
>
> I can take any script, such as foo.sh and attempt to run it
> from a bash
> command prompt and it claims it can not find the file.
> However, if I simply
> put 'bash' in front of the command, it works (also if I type
> 'bash' at a
> bash command prompt to run a nested shell, it works). For example:
>
> <run bash by clicking on desktop icon that the cygwin install
> created--ends
> up executing 'bash.exe --login -i'>
>
> /cygdrive/c/Work/gc/distrib 151%>build-dist.sh
> BASH.EXE: ./build-dist.sh: No such file or directory
> /cygdrive/c/Work/gc/distrib 152%>bash build-dist.sh
> <script is executed and works fine!>
>
> What am I missing??
>
> OS: Win98SE
> Bash version: GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (i586-pc-cygwin)
>
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