Hi Andrei, we see only part of your problem here. However, if you're asking on how to make cygwin recognise that a shell script is executable, you should put #! /bin/sh as first line in the script. No chmod necessary (This is a FAQ actually). (I don't know if chmod would work/is necessary with the ntsec feature enabled. Hopefully someone else can clarify this and put it in the FAQ/User's guide)
Kris Thielemans (kris.thielemans <at> ic.ac.uk) Imaging Research Solutions Ltd Cyclotron Building Hammersmith Hospital Du Cane Road London W12 ONN, United Kingdom web site address: http://www.irsl.org/~kris > > 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! > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
