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Old 07-08-2005
#!/usr/bin/ksh Command Interpreter in a sh script

Hi,

I have a developer that is trying to start a script with sh "scriptname". In the script, he is specifying #!/usr/bin/ksh as the command interpreter. For some reason sh is ignoring the #!/usr/bin/ksh. We are running Solaris 8. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? Here is the script:

#!/usr/bin/ksh



#--create test file to read

#

echo "1" > test_file

echo "2" >> test_file

echo "3" >> test_file



#--WHILE READ should populate variables when shell contains #!/usr/bin/ksh

#

record_cnt=0

initial="OUTSIDE"



while read record ##--placed into $record

do

record_cnt=`expr $record_cnt + 1`

initial="INSIDE"

echo "Records Read=$record_cnt”

done < test_file ##--input file to be read



echo " "

echo "Records Read=$record_cnt"

echo "Initial=$initial"



exit 0
 

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NAME
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The getusershell() function returns a null pointer on EOF. BUGS
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