On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 17:48 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > outname=selfextractExe.$$ > > function unWrapExe() { > cat <<'EOF' > <executable> > EOF > } > > # Do pre-shell stuff > > unWrapExe > $outname > ./outname A few comments on this (I realize it's only a sketch of the code): 1) Why declare a function if it has no argument? Just put the code inline. 2) You need to make the output file executable ("chmod ...") 3) The executable isn't ./outname, it's $outname poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines