#! not a recognized internal or external command

Chris January chris@atomice.net
Fri Oct 3 09:16:00 GMT 2003


Did you check the line endings?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Neil Messmer
> Sent: 02 October 2003 23:30
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: 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" <nmessmer@octigabay.com> wrote in message
> 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.
> >
> > "Corinna Vinschen" <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote in message
> > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails
> regarding Cygwin to
> > > Cygwin Developer
mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Red Hat, Inc.
> >
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