execute script from browser

[Hondy]

Sorry for so many posts in one day!

I have a web page with a link to my scripts, one works and runs the script, the other tries to download through my browser. Whats with that?

I'm guessing that one script has execute permissions and the other doesn't but I have checked the permissions and they both have execute permissions. What is the difference in the way it handles the 2 scripts? (they are both in the same place and have the same permissions)

Thank you all again!

 

[thedaver]

Should you be posting in the Apache, PHP, Perl, or other forums with more details?

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[nerbonne]

I'm guessing that one script has the proper perl information at the top and the other doesn't?

 

[Hondy]

nerbonne, you were almost right. I discovered that in the Apache logs the shell script was giving a bad header.

I chopped the contents of the file in and put it into a new file and it worked, god knows why but it did.

thedaver, hmm not sure! I thought #!/bin/sh shell scripts would fall in the linux arena is there another one I should be using for scripts?

Cheers

 

[nerbonne]

Maybe you had extra whitespace at the top before the script? I know in php that if you have any whitespace before your first <?php tag that your going to be in trouble.

 

[thedaver]

Hondy,
You never said WHAT kind of "scripts", that's my point. There are lots of kinds of "scripts", their debugging depends as much on the web server as the script itself. Just a friendly hint on asking better questions.

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[Hondy]

thedaver, ah you are correct, I did a few posts but this one doesn't mention SH scripts - aren't you psychic?