Andrei -- ...and then Andrei Cernea said... % % Hi! % % I am using Cygwin 2.05. I am emailing you because of this: % % ============================================ % > chmod --help ... % % Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. % ============================================ % % I noticed that in order for a file to have x rights on windows it needs to % have executable extension. That is, if I have a script file with no [snip]
Well, yes and no... If it has a .exe or .com or .bat extension, then it's considered obvious that it should be executable and so the x bit is set for you. As I understand it, if you want to be able to run a shell script without having to use bash /path/to/script then you'll need to set the x bit. IIRC there's a way to tell Windows and the Cygwin DLL to recognize .sh extensions, just like it already recognizes the other three, and then naming your shell scripts appropriately will make them executable. Note that I don't think that this is the same as typical file extensions, but I could be wrong. Then you could tie .pl to perl and who knows what else, too. Perhaps all that's necessary to have the system honor the shebang line is the x bit; it's been a while since I was an active cygwin reader. The bottom line is that you should direct your question to the cygwin mailing list, where I've sent a copy of this message (Hi, all! Long time, no see :-) and to which I've directed followups. Yes, the reporting address is the bug-fileutils mailing list, but this isn't a bug but instead a peculiarity of the cygwin environment. HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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