This indeed appears to be the problem. I figured it something that basic. Though I searched the web for days I couldn't find the same symptoms discussed elsewhere.
The FAQ says that it is not recommended to add . to $PATH. Anyone, know a compelling reason not to? Thanks, Will --- Vince Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 May 2004, Rocket Boy wrote: > > > I have recently installed cygwin on my PC at home > > (Win-XP) and at work (Win-NT). I can't seem to get > > indirect interpretation (e.g. #!/bin/csh -f, > > #!/bin/tcsh -f, etc...) to work in either > location. I > > have tried it in different shells: bash, tcsh, and > sh. > > And, with different interpreters: #!/bin/bash, > > #!/bin/csh, #!/bin/tcsh, #!/bin/sh, > > #!/bin/perl ,etc... I have verified that the files > are > > executable (777) and are in the directory that I > am > > trying to execute them from. Regardless of the > > combination I get a message like: > > > > bash: test.pl: command not found > > > unless you have added it yourself . (your current > directory) is not in > your path. try executing them as ./test.pl ./test.sh > etc > > > or > > > > bash: test.sh: command not found > > > > etc... > > > > It will work when I proceed the filename with the > > correct interpreter as in: > > > > bash$ csh test.sh > > > > but I'm sure it is just ignoring the 1st line in > these > > cases. > > > > This wouldn't be a problem because of this > workaround > > except that I have a series of nested csh scripts > and > > I can only get the outer one to run in this > manner. > > > > I will appreciate any advice. > > > > Thanks > > Will > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > > > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > -- > > 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/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- 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/
