#! is called a shebang and allows you to run a script without having to specify which program runs it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix) Your wiki page shows that you specify perl on the command line, so the shebang isn't needed if the shell can find perl, but it's typical to add it to scripts. The location of perl can vary. Use 'which perl' to find yours. Hope that helps. Andy Gary68 wrote: > hi martin, > > thanks for the feedback. > > 1.) this #! thing doesn't work for me... i added it to the script > nevertheless. > 2.) bzip2. you are right. i just didn't run it with a zipped file so i > didn't notice. > 3.) yeah, yeah. you know how it is. i expanded the usage string a bit. > the wiki page told a bit more... > > new version committed to svn. n8. > > cheers > > gerhard > gary68 -- Andy PGP Key ID: 0xDC1B5864 _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
