From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 12:37:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F88B16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:37:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C34E43FAF for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:37:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from frambozen (frambozen [192.168.1.9]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA12677; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:37:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 15:37:48 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: Gregory Stearns In-Reply-To: <20031101181952.37610.qmail@mail.com> Message-ID: <20031101140619.V38378-100000@frambozen.monochrome.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Free BSD Subject: Re: how do you get a script to run X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 20:37:55 -0000 On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Gregory Stearns wrote: > I know I am retarded, how ever I can not get the script I wrote to run > on Free BSD 4.7. 1) Make sure it has execute permissions set (man chmod) 2) Make sure it's in a directory specified in your PATH variable. Usually username/bin/ is a good place to put scripts. Alternatively, cd to the directory where the script is and do a ./myscript.sh HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]