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From: robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Why does this shell program run under csh????
Message-ID: <2613@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Jun-87 16:38:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: ncoast.2613
Posted: Wed Jun 10 16:38:13 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 08:02:14 EDT
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Reply-To: robertd@ncoast.UUCP (Rob DeMarco)
Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh
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(You will problibly get a lot of mail
on this subject so I will try to be
brief)

You say that the one shell script with
comments in it wount except the read
command.

Here's your problem. When typing in a
file that is a shell script the system
defaults to running /bin/sh on it. 
(At least on ncoast it does)

Well, if you are running csh and type
in a command that is a shell script
then the system will run /bin/sh. BUT
if the first, and I mean FIRST line of
your file is a comment , (beginning
with "#") then it will run /bin/csh
on it!!!!

So, stick a blank line as the first
line of your file and you should be 
ok.

		[> Rd
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