On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 18:10 +0100, Alan G wrote: > It might be /usr/bin/env... It is "/usr/bin/env". You could use "/usr/bin/python" instead under Linux (it might not work under other Unix like OSes).
> Yes, in fact you dont really need to rename the file, its just a > nicety. > > All Unix scripts use this trick including shell scripts, awk, perl, > tcl, ruby etc. It's been standard Unix practice for many years. But the file must be *Executable*! That's, it must have the execute bit set. Run "chmod +x file_name" to set the execute bit. Also, make sure to use the "Rock Ridge" extension when creating the CD (to enable the long filenames and to preserve the information about the execute bit). And as Ewald Ertl said on another mail, if the CD was mounted with to execute permission turned off (that's the "noexec" option passed to the mount command), the the "python /mnt/cdrom/installer.py" way is the *only* way you have to run that script. And don't assume the CD will be mounted on "/mnt/cdrom"! On my system, it's mounted under "/media/cdrom" and under a default installation of Debian it's under "/cdrom". Last note: Modern Desktop Environment under Linux and BSD (Like GNOME and KDE) have the ability to run a script named "autorun.sh", "autorun", or ".autorun" if any of them is present on the CD when mounted. This might be useful to you. > > Alan G. > Ziyad. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
