launching shell scripts (bash) from OS X 10.3 from the des..

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 22:50:05 +0100, Dino wrote:
 > hello,

 > i've created some shell scripts (bash, OS X 10.3) to automatically retrieve
 > backup-files from different webservers and copy them to my local HD. this
 > works fine, but i have to start them from the terminal window by typing "sh
 > [myscript]".

If you are typing "sh [myscript]" then you are running the script in
Bourne shell (sh), rather than bash. It probably doesn't matter, unless
you want to use some specific features of bash in your script.

 > is there a way to launch them directly from the desktop or dock by double
 > click?

Give your script a suffix of ".command". Then make it executable by
typing

  chmod +x [myscript].command

Now you can double-click to run the script, but it will still open a
Terminal window for you, which you can close when it is finished.

If you really want your script to run in bash, add the line

  #!/bin/bash

at the beginning of the script.


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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 23:26:08 +0100, Dave Seaman wrote
(in message <c1r4i0$gtr$1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>):

 > Give your script a suffix of ".command". Then make it executable by
 > typing
 >
  > chmod +x [myscript].command
 >
 > Now you can double-click to run the script, but it will still open a
 > Terminal window for you, which you can close when it is finished.
 >
 > If you really want your script to run in bash, add the line
 >
  > #!/bin/bash
 >
 > at the beginning of the script.
 >
 >

thanks! works perfectly now...... :-)))<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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