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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Red Hat, Inc. > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
