cygwin 1.3.22-1 running under NT4.
I have a perl script that runs an executable, so before actually running it, the code checks that the file exists and is executable, but the test fails under cygwin. Under linux and OSF1 it's fine.
I cut out the relevant fragments and built a demo. The idea is that if the "if ( -x script )" works correctly, then I should get "script is executable" as output. Otherwise, it will execute the script, in which case the output will be what the script prints.
Hope someone can tell me why -x doesn't work the way I'm expecting.
Thanks Rob
----------------------------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl # this is the perl script, called "try"
if ( -x script)
{
print "script is executable";
}
else
{
system("./script");
}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# This is the 'executable'. For the demo, it's just a script with +x
# permissionsecho "I damn well am!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Here is the output I get
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ./try I damn well am!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Clack Acedb Development, Informatics Group email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Tel: +44 1223 494780 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Fax: +44 1223 494919 Hinxton Cambridge CB10 1SA
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