> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 04:46:04PM -0700, John Meissen wrote: > > Make sure you're using the correct shell. Ubuntu sets /bin/sh to 'dash' > > by default, which is a limited shell that doesn't have all of the > > capabilities of normal 'bash'. Supposedly makes running scripts > > quicker. > > This is Perl, not shell. >
Doh! I knew that. Then I promptly forgot. :-P When he said > "No such file or directory at /home/ubuntu/bin/test line 99." > > which is the 'open' in the script. my brain interpreted that as complaining it couldn't find a file named 'open', which implied some internal feature was missing/not working. Which was consistent with my experiences with bash/dash. <sheepish grin> _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
