A file is not always what you think it is.
Follow up on the scripting problems I had... IT WORKS!!!!!!!! Of course, the solution was simple and it came to me in those early morning hours when you're mind is clear and creativity flows through your veins: I wrote my script under Windblows 95!!!!
Background: I have two machines: Pentium 200 desktop running Win95 and a 486-33 notebook on which I installed the Debian 2.1 base system.
What I did:
- write a script using Notepad under Winblows on the P200. Saved it as a .txt file.
- copied it on a DOS formatted disk. Changed the filename to one without the .txt extension.
- copied it on my notebook in the directory /root
- chmod it, and ran it with the result "file not found"
Apparently a .txt file written under Win95 can be chmod-ed, but not executed. I used ae to write a simple script from scratch under Linux and it worked no problem at all.
That makes me wonder: I have to install some packages on the notebook to get the external CD-ROM drive working. If I copy them from the CD-ROM on a DOS formatted floppy and then transfer to the notebook, will I get the same kind of trouble?
P.S. This is new to me: I can use apt to install a single package, isn't it? Or do I still have to use dpkg. Basic question, I know, but I did so much reading/researching that my mind is getting a Linux overload right now. Still having fun, though.
Hans
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