Re: Path puzzle

From: Michael Stiller <mstiller_at_me.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:27:21 UTC
Hi Bob,

i guess the interpreter which should be in the first line after #! is not found.

Please show the first few lines of the script using "head server_try"

Best regards,

Michael


> On 5. Sep 2024, at 20:24, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:
> 
> I've got a stable/14.1 system which declines to find programs
> in the current working directory:
> 
> bob@pelorus:~ % ls
> auth client_try public_html server_try ssl
> bob@pelorus:~ % 
> bob@pelorus:~ % ls -l server_try
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 bob bob 8542 Sep  3 14:08 server_try
> bob@pelorus:~ % ./server_try
> ./server_try: Command not found.
> 
> I've tried adding . to my path, but that doesn't seem to help.
> 
> Server_try is a python script, if it's run using:
> 
> bob@pelorus:~ % python3.11 server_try
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/home/bob/server_try", line 51, in <module>
>    raise getopt.GetoptError("usage: %s «ca-cert-file» «server-cert-file» «server-key-file»" % sys.argv[0])
> getopt.GetoptError: usage: server_try «ca-cert-file» «server-cert-file» «server-key-file»
> 
> it fails for (I think) unrelated reasons. The script works as expected
> on Debian Bookworm.
> 
> I've tried starting csh and sh, the behavior is unchanged. Running
> rehash likewise has no effect.
> 
> This is a fairly new installation with home directories under /usr but
> with the original empty /home directory still in place.
> 
> I must be doing something dumb, but am unable to recognize it.
> Any suggestions appreciated!
> 
> thanks for reading,
> 
> bob prohaska
> 
>