* Re: zsh script can't find zsh binary?
@ 1995-06-27 23:50 Geoff Wing
1995-06-28 0:39 ` Peter Moore
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Geoff Wing @ 1995-06-27 23:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
:Jose Unpingco writes:
:> I have a very simple script. It looks like this..
:> #!/home/sunshine/grad/unpingco/bin/zsh
:> echo 'hey'
:>
:> when I try to invoke it on the command line as
:> zsh> cf.zsh
:> I get
:> zsh: command not found: cf.zsh
:
:This looks like a classic case of the interpreter exec line being too
:long! One of the sillier features of unix lookalikes.
:There is usually a limit on how long the #! line can be, 32 characters
:or so. The error message always complains it can't find the script
:file, not the interpreter. You've passed the length limit. This is a
:kernel problem, rather than zsh. :-)
This isn't the problem here. The limit is 64 characters, and the message for
exceeding this is: "exec format error". (It has nothing to do with the kernel)
Another possibility could be that the program's not in his path, and he should
do ./cf.zsh
--
Mason [G.C.W] mason@werple.mira.net.au Hurt...Agony...Pain...LOVE-IT
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* Re: zsh script can't find zsh binary?
1995-06-27 23:50 zsh script can't find zsh binary? Geoff Wing
@ 1995-06-28 0:39 ` Peter Moore
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Peter Moore @ 1995-06-28 0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mason; +Cc: zsh-users
> :Jose Unpingco writes:
> :> I have a very simple script. It looks like this..
> :> #!/home/sunshine/grad/unpingco/bin/zsh
> :> echo 'hey'
> :>
> :> when I try to invoke it on the command line as
> :> zsh> cf.zsh
> :> I get
> :> zsh: command not found: cf.zsh
> :
> :This looks like a classic case of the interpreter exec line being too
> :long! One of the sillier features of unix lookalikes.
> :There is usually a limit on how long the #! line can be, 32 characters
> :or so. The error message always complains it can't find the script
> :file, not the interpreter. You've passed the length limit. This is a
> :kernel problem, rather than zsh. :-)
>
> This isn't the problem here. The limit is 64 characters, and the message for
> exceeding this is: "exec format error". (It has nothing to do with the kernel)
> Another possibility could be that the program's not in his path, and he should
> do ./cf.zsh
On which platform? On a Sun4 (SunOS 4.1.3) the limit is 32 characters
and the error message from zsh is without an explicit path for the
executable is:
zsh: command not found: fog
And the error you get with an explicit path is:
zsh: no such file or directory: ./fog
Peter Moore
peter@objy.com
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* zsh script can't find zsh binary?
@ 1995-06-25 17:20 Jose Unpingco
1995-06-27 10:41 ` Dave Sainty
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jose Unpingco @ 1995-06-25 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hi,
I have a very simple script. It looks like this..
#!/home/sunshine/grad/unpingco/bin/zsh
echo 'hey'
the script file is listed as...
-rwx--x--x 1 unpingco 50 Jun 25 10:05 cf.zsh*
and the binary for zsh is in
-rwx------ 1 unpingco 475136 Jun 24 13:44 bin/zsh*
and the full pathname to zsh is
/home/sunshine/grad/unpingco/bin/zsh
when I try to invoke it on the command line as
zsh> cf.zsh
I get
zsh: command not found: cf.zsh
I can't figure this. I've shuffled the permissions every which way and it still
won't work. Something is weird here. I'm out of ideas.
any help much appreciated.
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* Re: zsh script can't find zsh binary?
1995-06-25 17:20 Jose Unpingco
@ 1995-06-27 10:41 ` Dave Sainty
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dave Sainty @ 1995-06-27 10:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Jose Unpingco writes:
> I have a very simple script. It looks like this..
>
> #!/home/sunshine/grad/unpingco/bin/zsh
> echo 'hey'
>
> when I try to invoke it on the command line as
>
> zsh> cf.zsh
>
> I get
>
> zsh: command not found: cf.zsh
This looks like a classic case of the interpreter exec line being too
long! One of the sillier features of unix lookalikes.
There is usually a limit on how long the #! line can be, 32 characters
or so. The error message always complains it can't find the script
file, not the interpreter. You've passed the length limit. This is a
kernel problem, rather than zsh. :-)
Basically you're stuck. You need to put it in a directory with a
shorter pathname, or use /bin/sh as a bootstrap to run zsh, or run
your script as a zsh function instead.
Bummer eh?
Dave.
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