> I am trying to write and execute shell scripts on Minix running on
> vmware. I can't seem to get any scripts to operate. Is there a
> decent step-by-step howto for scripts for Minix? If so, could someone
> point me in that direction. If not, could some one put one together?

Shell scripts in Minix work just like with other Unix-like systems.

Be sure to specify the interpreter on the first line
(typically "#!/bin/sh") and to give execute permission using chmod.

> I am trying to write and execute shell scripts on Minix running on
> vmware. I can't seem to get any scripts to operate. Is there a
> decent step-by-step howto for scripts for Minix? If so, could someone
> point me in that direction. If not, could some one put one together?

Example:

-- begin
#!/bin/sh
echo "Hello World"
-- end

then execute:
# chmod +x myscript.sh

Possibly you forgot the chmod (setting the executable format).
On the other hand, there is a lot about shell scripts in Unix/Linux, of
which much applies to Minix, too.

Regards,
Sebastian

Sebastian wrote:
>> I am trying to write and execute shell scripts on Minix running on
>> vmware. I can't seem to get any scripts to operate. Is there a
>> decent step-by-step howto for scripts for Minix? If so, could someone
>> point me in that direction. If not, could some one put one together?

> Example:

> -- begin
> #!/bin/sh
> echo "Hello World"
> -- end

> then execute:
> # chmod +x myscript.sh

> Possibly you forgot the chmod (setting the executable format).
> On the other hand, there is a lot about shell scripts in Unix/Linux, of
> which much applies to Minix, too.

Don't forget to launch the script as

# ./myscript.sh

because the current working directory is probably not in your PATH.

--
Jens de Smit
Student Computer Science | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
jfdsmit@few.vu.nl | http://www.few.vu.nl/~jfdsmit

"[In the end, people] get furious at IT that the goddamn magic isn't working"
-- Stewart Dean

On Feb 19, 1:20 am, "Mango Don" wrote:
> I am trying to write and execute shell scripts on Minix running on
> vmware. I can't seem to get any scripts to operate. Is there a
> decent step-by-step howto for scripts for Minix? If so, could someone
> point me in that direction. If not, could some one put one together?

There are several suggestions of references for shell script
programming on my "Programming in the Minix Environment" page at
http://minix1.woodhull.com/faq/program.html.

- Al