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07-30-2012
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Basic question on shell script execution
I have two shell scripts in the different directories listed below, Code:
/root/dev/dir1/test.sh /root/dev/dir2/master.sh I am executing the master.sh script from the test.sh like below and getting 'Permission denied' error. Code:
#! /bin/sh #test.sh path='/root/dev' $path/dir2/master.sh But it works fine after including a '.' infront of the script and it works fine. Please see below for the change, Code:
#! /bin/sh #test.sh path='/root/dev' . $path/dir2/master.sh Please explain the concept behind this and let me know is there any way to execute the master.sh in dir2 without the '.' symbol |
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07-30-2012
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What are the permissions on the
dir2/master.sh script? Is it executable?
By using . (dot) you are "sourcing" the script into your current environment, and it's run from there. If you want to run it the way you have, it needs to be executable. |
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07-30-2012
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I have added the below code piece and found the file is not executable Code:
if [ -x $path/dir2/master.sh ] then echo "Executable" else echo "Not executable" fi ---------- Post updated at 04:55 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:39 AM ---------- Thank you Scott. I wasn't facing this problem earlier and my profile has been reset. I guess this is the root cause. |
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