Brian, It's not a permissions issue...
(from the original e-mail...see below) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ ls -la shebangtest.py >> -rwxr-xr-- 1 brian brian 68 2006-11-04 02:29 shebangtest.py This is clearly executable by brian, and clearly being executed by brian. The shebang line is correct (#!/usr/bin/python). The problem is *how* you are executing the file. If you simply type in the filename, your shell looks on your PATH to find the file. Unless ~/test is on PATH, you'll get a "command not found" error. Instead type in: ./shebangtest.py and see if that works. "./" tells the shell to look in your current working directory for the file. Let me know if that solved the problem... Jonathon Carlos Hanson wrote: > On Sat, November 4, 2006 4:11 pm, Brian van den Broek wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm still getting comfortable with Linux and this might be an OS >> rather than a python problem. >> >> I am trying to make a script directly executable. I've reviewed the >> 2nd ed of the Nutshell, and I cannot work out what I'm doing wrong. >> I'm running ubunutu 6.10 (edgy eft). Here's a copy past of my command >> line: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ which python >> /usr/bin/python >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ ls -la shebangtest.py >> -rwxr-xr-- 1 brian brian 68 2006-11-04 02:29 shebangtest.py >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ cat shebangtest.py >> #!/usr/bin/python >> >> if __name__ == '__main__': >> >> print "It works" >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ shebangtest >> bash: shebangtest: command not found >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ shebangtest.py >> bash: shebangtest.py: command not found >> >> I've also tried: >> >> #!/usr/bin python >> >> as my shebang line. >> >> I've been unable to get this to work. Clearly, there is something I've >> misunderstood. (`#!' is not an easy thing to google for :-) >> >> Best, >> >> Brian vdB >> > > Your answer lies in the file permission. The file needs to be > executable. If you look at the man pages for chmod, you will find > your answer. > > The shebang line tells the shell what to use to run the script. For > example, if the file is not executable, you would execute it as > follows: > > $ python shebangtest.py > > As you found with `which python`, python is in /usr/bin, so executing > the script is actually > > $ /usr/bin/python shebangtest.py > > Therefore, the shebang line needs to be as follows: > > #! /usr/bin/python > > Then once the script has execute permissions (man chmod), it will run > as expected. > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
