RE: [TCLUG:1906] Shell Script Question

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Hoekstra [mailto:dutchman@uswest.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 1998 10:44 AM
> To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:1906] Shell Script Question
>
>
> Eric Hillman wrote:
>
> >         - you don't have "sh" in your "bin" directory
> >
>
> Could I have a problem with 'sh'?  I moved the script over to a
> Solaris 2.6 box here
> at work and ran it in my home directory and it ran fine.

	That sounds kinda likely, then.
	Important note here -- there should be *no* symbolic links in your /bin
directory.  The whole point of /bin (as opposed to /usr/bin) is to provide a
bare-bones set of utilities to work with your system if "mount" should fail
or if you were otherwise unable to access anything besides your root
directory.  Obviously, if /bin/sh is just a link to /usr/bin/sh, this
defeats the purpose.
	Also, regarding the LF vs CR/LF thing -- vi won't necessarily make this
obvious.  The version I run at home shows the file as normal-looking but has
"[dos format]" at the bottom of the screen.  I think "cat -A ./script"
should show the errant CRs.

--
Eric Hillman - UNIX Sysadmin
City & County Credit Union
ehillman@cccu.com
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