On Nov 11, 3:25 pm, Rob Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Rob, > Michael GeorgeLerner<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > (Python 2.5, OS X 10.4.10) > > I have a program called pdb2pqr on my system. It is installed so that > > "pdb2pqr" is in my path and looks like: > > > #\!/bin/zsh -f > > Are you sure that this shebang is correct?
Well, it's correct in the sense that I have faithfully reproduced the contents of the file. I didn't write it, though. I don't know what the extra backslash is for. I suppose I'll contact the authors and find out. Any ideas how to make it work with the strange shebang syntax? Thanks, -michael > > I've tested that on bash and have similar error: > > # t1.sh > > #\!/bin/sh > echo "t1" > > >>> from subprocess import call > >>> call(['./t1.sh']) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/subprocess.py", line 413, in call > return Popen(*args, **kwargs).wait() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/subprocess.py", line 543, in __init__ > errread, errwrite) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/subprocess.py", line 975, in _execute_child > raise child_exception > OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error > > But running that directly through the shell works: > > >>> call(['./t1.sh'], shell=True) > > t1 > 0 > > However this script works fine also without `shell=True` option: > > # t2.sh > > #!/bin/sh > echo "t2" > > >>> call(['./t2.sh']) > > t2 > 0 > > HTH, > Rob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
