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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" <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote in message
20031003091604.GD11435@cygbert.vinschen.de">news:20031003091604.GD11435@cygbert.vinschen.de...
> 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" <nmessmer@octigabay.com> wrote in message
> > bli8s9$ajd$1@sea.gmane.org">news:bli8s9$ajd$1@sea.gmane.org...
> > > 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" <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote in message
> > > 20031002204725.GA11435@cygbert.vinschen.de">news:20031002204725.GA11435@cygbert.vinschen.de...
> > > > 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
> > > >
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