Re: #! not a recognized internal or external command
The problem ended up being the extention of my script file. It was *.cmd as it was under my Sun OS. This force the cmd.exe to execute it and never allow the cygwin environment to take hold. Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 03:30:28PM -0700, Neil Messmer wrote: I should also mention that the script was executed within a cygwin shell window when this error occurred. Neil Messmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would have thought the paths set in your particuliar environment would have enabled to the find the correct shell for proper execution. I am still convinced it is a setup issue as it works on another machine here. OS versions and hardware are identical. Then you're on your own. Check what's going wrong on your machine. Regardless of what you're convinced of, it should be a hint that the message 'BLA' is not recognized as an internal or external command,... is emitted by cmd.exe but not by any of the Unix shells. Corinna Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:08:25PM -0700, Neil Messmer wrote: I have just installed the latest version of cygwin and get the following error message when running my scripts while running cygwin under Win XP. It does not matter what shell I specify for the script. My paths on the win pc is set to /usr/local/bin; /usr/bin; /bin; /usr/x11r6/bin. The simple test script contains one line: #! /bin/tsch s/tsch/tcsh but the *real* problem is that you're trying to start a shell script under cmd.exe. That won't work. The error message is generated by cmd.exe because it correctly doesn't recognize #! as a command. The #! syntax requires support by the starting application, in your case, by Cygwin. If the starting application is not a Cygwin shell, you must start the script as a parameter to the right shell: C:\foo tcsh script-name Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
#! not a recognized internal or external command
I have just installed the latest version of cygwin and get the following error message when running my scripts while running cygwin under Win XP. It does not matter what shell I specify for the script. My paths on the win pc is set to /usr/local/bin; /usr/bin; /bin; /usr/x11r6/bin. The simple test script contains one line: #! /bin/tsch ANy ideas? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: #! not a recognized internal or external command
I would have thought the paths set in your particuliar environment would have enabled to the find the correct shell for proper execution. I am still convinced it is a setup issue as it works on another machine here. OS versions and hardware are identical. Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:08:25PM -0700, Neil Messmer wrote: I have just installed the latest version of cygwin and get the following error message when running my scripts while running cygwin under Win XP. It does not matter what shell I specify for the script. My paths on the win pc is set to /usr/local/bin; /usr/bin; /bin; /usr/x11r6/bin. The simple test script contains one line: #! /bin/tsch s/tsch/tcsh but the *real* problem is that you're trying to start a shell script under cmd.exe. That won't work. The error message is generated by cmd.exe because it correctly doesn't recognize #! as a command. The #! syntax requires support by the starting application, in your case, by Cygwin. If the starting application is not a Cygwin shell, you must start the script as a parameter to the right shell: C:\foo tcsh script-name Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: #! not a recognized internal or external command
I should also mention that the script was executed within a cygwin shell window when this error occurred. Neil Messmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would have thought the paths set in your particuliar environment would have enabled to the find the correct shell for proper execution. I am still convinced it is a setup issue as it works on another machine here. OS versions and hardware are identical. Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:08:25PM -0700, Neil Messmer wrote: I have just installed the latest version of cygwin and get the following error message when running my scripts while running cygwin under Win XP. It does not matter what shell I specify for the script. My paths on the win pc is set to /usr/local/bin; /usr/bin; /bin; /usr/x11r6/bin. The simple test script contains one line: #! /bin/tsch s/tsch/tcsh but the *real* problem is that you're trying to start a shell script under cmd.exe. That won't work. The error message is generated by cmd.exe because it correctly doesn't recognize #! as a command. The #! syntax requires support by the starting application, in your case, by Cygwin. If the starting application is not a Cygwin shell, you must start the script as a parameter to the right shell: C:\foo tcsh script-name Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
