Re: Getting scripts to run

[Burak Serdar]

Ian Warburton wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to make a script run. I have chmodded the file
> like this
> chmod 700 ppp-on
> but the file will not execute.
>
> TIA
>
> Ian

  The first line of the script must contain the full path to the shell
that will execute the script, starting with #!, e.g.

#!/bin/sh

This means that /bin/sh will be executed with the file name supplied as
the command line.