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Old 06-29-2008
Making UNIX script executable

Hello,

I am very new to UNIX and I have been learning about writing scripts and making them executable. I created a script called myscript. It has three lines:
#! /bin/sh
# This is my first shell script
echo friendsjustfriends

Now I try to run it using the sh command and it works
Next I try to make it executable and it fails:

#! /bin/sh
# This is my first shell script
bash-3.2$ chmod u+x myscript
bash-3.2$ pwd ; echo $PATH
/Users/rohit
/usr/local/bin:/Users/rohit/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
bash-3.2$ myscript
bash: myscript: command not found

I do not know why it is not working. If there is something wrong with the path, please let me know how to correct it.

Thank you so much!
 

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getusershell(3C)					   Standard C Library Functions 					  getusershell(3C)

NAME
getusershell, setusershell, endusershell - get legal user shells SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> char *getusershell(void); void setusershell(void); void endusershell(void); DESCRIPTION
The getusershell() function returns a pointer to a legal user shell as defined by the system manager in the file /etc/shells. If /etc/shells does not exist, the following locations of the standard system shells are used in its place: /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/jsh /bin/ksh /bin/pfcsh /bin/pfksh /bin/pfsh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /bin/zsh /sbin/jsh /sbin/pfsh /sbin/sh /usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/csh /usr/bin/jsh /usr/bin/ksh /usr/bin/pfcsh /usr/bin/pfksh /usr/bin/pfsh /usr/bin/sh /usr/bin/tcsh /usr/bin/zsh /usr/xpg4/bin/sh The getusershell() function opens the file /etc/shells, if it exists, and returns the next entry in the list of shells. The setusershell() function rewinds the file or the list. The endusershell() function closes the file, frees any memory used by getusershell() and setusershell(), and rewinds the file /etc/shells. RETURN VALUES
The getusershell() function returns a null pointer on EOF. BUGS
All information is contained in memory that may be freed with a call to endusershell(), so it must be copied if it is to be saved. SunOS 5.10 30 Aug 2004 getusershell(3C)
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