On 01/04/2012 04:14 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > [inline] > > On 1/4/2012 12:06 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 01/04/2012 03:59 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: >>> Though I really appreciate both of your replies, I am looking at them >>> and seeing that Marvin is saying it needs to be "+x" and Ed is saying >>> it doesn't. I ran a test and "-x" seems to work. >> FYI, Marvin corrected himself saying.... >> >> Sorry.. >> >> My bad... >> >> The make is +x.. > > So I should chmod all {M,m}akefile(s) to rwxr-x-r-x? I've already demonstrated that it isn't necessary..... > >>> For questions on my syntax of "*.sh", I have believed since my >>> earliest days that a shell file (be it ".sh", ".csh", ".tcsh", or >>> ".bash") that it has to be "+x" as it is an executable. If I am >>> incorrect, I would love to know, though it may take me a day or two to >>> adjust to the news that the earth shifted polarity (smile) >> If you want them to be directly executable, yes. But if you call them >> as input to a shell they need not be. > > That's new to me, thank you Welcome... > >> If you have them as executable you can control what shell is used by the >> first line in the file. >> >> As I mentioned earlier, I've got a shell script called killfox. The >> first line contains "#!/bin/bash" which means it is a "bash" script. I >> could change it to ""#!/bin/tcsh" and it would be interpreted as a tcsh >> script. >> > I have been including the "$!/bin/whatever" for the longest time as > there are some things that I find easier to do in {sh,tcsh,bash} and > want to force that. The tcsh is the biggest problem in my life owing > to its legacy ... I'd kick over to bash if it weren't for the fact > that third party are stuck in the history of tcsh. I don't have any > issue with either tcsh or bash, but I gotta live with the difference. Sure, I also have some old stuff that needs tcsh. -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -- Douglas Adams in "Mostly Harmless -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org