On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:45:22 +1300 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > >On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:39:02 +1300 (NZDT) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > >>>Steve Holdoway wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:41:12 +1300 > >>>>Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>script at this point is: > >>>>> > >>>>>/bin/bash > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>This should read > >>>>#!/bin/bash > >>>> > >>>>and is your problem. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Thanks Steve, all good now! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Which leaves the slightly worrying question of "why did it work double > >>clicking in konqueror?" > >> > >> > >> > >> > >Probably something to do with stdin/out/error and how they are handled by > >the browser environment. Either the shell was started asynchronously > >(unlikely), or it closes the shell as eof is found on stdin. The script as > >written before would have completed if a ^D / exit was input at the terminal > >session. > > > >Steve > > > I note that it is a .sh script, is Konqueror running it in a sh shell > whereas Roger is trying it from a bash shell. Would be interesting try > it from a sh command line without the alt above. > > Barry > At this level ( no that's not derogatory - you're using the right tool, in the right way for the job ), the differences between shell and he bourne again shell are trivial.
Steve
