RE: chmod

["Kris Thielemans" <kris.thielemans@csc.mrc.ac.uk>]

Hi Andrei,

we see only part of your problem here. However, if you're asking on how to
make cygwin recognise that a shell script is executable, you should put
#! /bin/sh
as first line in the script. No chmod necessary (This is a FAQ actually).
(I don't know if chmod would work/is necessary with the ntsec feature
enabled. Hopefully someone else can clarify this and put it in the
FAQ/User's guide)

Kris Thielemans
(kris.thielemans <at> ic.ac.uk)
Imaging Research Solutions Ltd
Cyclotron Building
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 ONN, United Kingdom

web site address: http://www.irsl.org/~kris
>
> Andrei --
>
> ...and then Andrei Cernea said...
> %
> % Hi!
> %
> % I am using Cygwin 2.05. I am emailing you because of this:
> %
> % ============================================
> % > chmod --help
> ...
> %
> % Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
> % ============================================
> %
> % I noticed that in order for a file to have x rights on windows
> it needs to
> % have executable extension. That is, if I have a script file with no
> [snip]
>
> Well, yes and no...  If it has a .exe or .com or .bat extension, then
> it's considered obvious that it should be executable and so the x bit is
> set for you.  As I understand it, if you want to be able to run a shell
> script without having to use
>
>   bash /path/to/script
>
> then you'll need to set the x bit.  IIRC there's a way to tell Windows
> and the Cygwin DLL to recognize .sh extensions, just like it already
> recognizes the other three, and then naming your shell scripts
> appropriately will make them executable.  Note that I don't think that
> this is the same as typical file extensions, but I could be wrong.  Then
> you could tie .pl to perl and who knows what else, too.  Perhaps all
> that's necessary to have the system honor the shebang line is the x bit;
> it's been a while since I was an active cygwin reader.
>
> The bottom line is that you should direct your question to the cygwin
> mailing list, where I've sent a copy of this message (Hi, all! Long time,
> no see :-) and to which I've directed followups.  Yes, the reporting
> address is the bug-fileutils mailing list, but this isn't a bug but
> instead a peculiarity of the cygwin environment.
>
>
> HTH & HAND
>
> :-D
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>
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