Am So, den 25.01.2004 schrieb Ko Pu um 18:29: > I have the following configuration: FC1, Firebird 0.7 & Thunderbird 0.4 in > AMD Athlon XP machine. I was trying to create a script, but when I tried to > execute it, I got an error. Here's what I have: > linux (a text file) content: > cd /mnt/w2k/download/Linux This is certainly an NTFS or FAT formatted partition. These are aware of executable scripts and binaries. > I tried to use this command: > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ . linux > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 Linux]$ changed to Linux directory > > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ sh linux > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ nothing happend Use your scripts on a partition with Linux filesystem like ext2/ext3 or reiserfs i.e. Be sure the script has a shebang line at first, something like "#!/bin/bash" or "#!/usr/bin/perl" or whatever language you use. Be too sure the script is executable (man chmod). > then I made linux executable and tried to run it by just typing the name: > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ linux > bash: linux: command not found > > Is there a place that I need to place this file? Right now it's sitting in > my $HOME, the book that I read mentioned nothing about special location for > user defined command. Sorry for this dumb question, I'm new to this. > > Thanks in advance for your comment/suggestion > > Ko Fei Pu > mailto:ko_pu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl Sirendipity 18:37:41 up 1 day, 2:15, load average: 0.04, 0.26, 0.23 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ]