[TriLUG] shell problems?

[Mike Broome]

Janyne,

On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 07:54:16AM -0400, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> I am installing a few servers for the developers in my group -- just a
> basic RH install with no gui.   I think that there is a problem with
> bash.  I am seeing some errors like the ones below:
> 
> /bin/sh: /local/bin/base_line.sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
> 
> bash: export:
> `/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin':
> not a valid identifier

Is /local/bin/base_line.sh a standard RH script or a home-grown script?
My guess from this error message is that there is probably a line in the
base_line.sh script something like the following:

export $PATH=$PATH:/some/path

Note the '$' on the left side of the '=' which is not valid in
bash/sh/ksh.  I make this mistake occassionally when I'm switching back
and forth between bash and perl.

> Any pointers would be appreciated.  Now, more coffee...

If that's not it, maybe more coffee will help figure it out. :)

Mike

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Mike Broome
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