I have seen this type problem in the past, there was always hidden character in the bad file. vi on Linux will hide them where as vi on HP-UX will not. By chance was one of them created on a Windows system? Try running dos2unix on the bad file to see if it addresses the problem. If that does not work what does "sh -x ./test.sh" show? - Jamie Bohr On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:50:17 -0800, Andrew B. Young <andrew_b_young@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm stumped. I have two separate script files that are *identical*, > but one executes as expected, the other does nothing. The only > difference between the two is how they were created. The one that > does execute was created in /root and then moved to /var/www/cgi-bin. > The one that does not execute was created directly in > /var/www/cgi-bin. Why should this cause a difference? Here are some > details. > > -andyy > > # Here is where I am-- > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# pwd > /var/www/cgi-bin > > # This is what the two files contain-- > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# cat ./test.sh > #!/bin/sh > echo "asdf" > > # Here I run the two files and see a difference > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# ./test2.sh > asdf > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# ./test.sh > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# > > # Here is a listing of them to show identical modes > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# ll test* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23 Nov 17 11:28 test2.sh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23 Nov 17 11:22 test.sh > > # I diff'ed the files and get nothing > [root@iolon240 cgi-bin]# diff test* > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
