OP: invoking shell script with relative path and absolute path

vinoth.ree has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi All,

We are moving to solaris 11.3 to 11.4, So we are running all the scripts and make sure that no changes required in all the scripts.

There is a shell script which invokes another shell script, but it does not work, it says

/home/vinoth/funtions.sh[148]: .[232]: log[38]: compile.sh: cannot execute [Not owner]

But If I specify full path to compile.sh it works.

I have given execute permission for owner/group/others.

The owner of the script is adm user, execute as vinoth user. I am getting this error in solaris 11.3

Could somebody help me out, here.

All is well. I learn by answering your questions...

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Re: OT: invoking shell script with relative path and absolute path by hippo (Bishop) on Feb 10, 2020 at 09:07 UTC
I guess there is another `compile.sh` which is in a directory earlier in your $PATH. Maybe try `$ which compile.sh` [download] to confirm/refute.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: OT: invoking shell script with relative path and absolute path by bliako (Monsignor) on Feb 10, 2020 at 16:38 UTC
Just to make sure, did you insert the `which compile.sh` inside `/home/vinoth/funtions.sh`? Because path may be modified within function. Once you are there print the full path too (from within that function). If your path contains the dot early then ANY `compile.sh` script in script's current dir will be executed first. So within the function print PWD as well at the moment of attempted execution.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: OT: invoking shell script with relative path and absolute path by vinoth.ree (Monsignor) on Feb 10, 2020 at 10:52 UTC
Hi, `which compile.sh`gives me correct path of compile.sh, that path is available in PATH variable. *All is well. I learn by answering your questions...*	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: OT: invoking shell script with relative path and absolute path by hippo (Bishop) on Feb 10, 2020 at 11:38 UTC
Without more data it's going to be hard to guess what's happening in that case. Here's an SSCCE which might help: `cd /tmp cat > foo.sh <<EOT #!/bin/sh echo Relative path ./bar.sh echo Absolute path /tmp/bar.sh echo No path bar.sh EOT cat > bar.sh <<EOT #!/bin/sh echo bar running as \$0 EOT chmod 0755 foo.sh bar.sh sudo chown root bar.sh sudo cp -p bar.sh /usr/local/bin ./foo.sh` [download] Running this locally (not on Solaris!) gives this expected output: `Relative path bar running as ./bar.sh Absolute path bar running as /tmp/bar.sh No path bar running as /usr/local/bin/bar.sh` [download] If you see the same, then you'll need to determine what's different about functions.sh and compile.sh compared to foo.sh and bar.sh. Don't forget to remove bar.sh from /usr/local/bin when you're done. Good luck.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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