Script making in Linux

fiending · 12-10-2003, 02:00 AM

I made a script with one line in it. That line is:

/etc/ndiswrapper/loaddriver 14e4 4320 /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmw15.sys /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmw15.inf

the thing is that this command runs fine in the command prompt, but when ran as a script it gives the error "unable to open driver: no such file or directory".

this error is given whenever the .sys or .inf paths are incorrect when entered at command line. i cannot figure out why when this is put into a script it should make any difference. can anyone help me?

jkobrien · 12-10-2003, 04:30 AM

Hi,

All I can think of is, did you include a shebang in your script?

#!/bin/tcsh or #!/bin/bash, or whatever shell you use.

John

trickykid · 12-10-2003, 08:21 AM

Did you make it executable as well? chmod +x <filename>

fiending · 12-10-2003, 01:34 PM

I tried including the shebang and that didn't work and I tried chmod the files and that didnt work as well. the program is executing just not finding the paths i put in the script

trickykid · 12-10-2003, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fiending
I tried including the shebang and that didn't work and I tried chmod the files and that didnt work as well. the program is executing just not finding the paths i put in the script

So your file you created looks like this right:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
/etc/ndiswrapper/loaddriver 14e4 4320 /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmw15.sys /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmw15.inf

And you chmodded the file so it is executable?

What happens if you try something like this instead:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#
localdir=/etc/ndiswrapper

$localdir/loaddriver 14e4 4320
$localdir/bcmw15.sys
$localdir/bcmw15.inf

# End of script.