Warren Hrach @ 1:202/745 wrote on 12-16-97 12:08 about *Scripts*
 WH> Lawrence,     First of all are you logged in as root? Do a 'ls -l
 WH> mcb' and note the permissions, then type chmod a+x mb. Do the 'ls
 WH> -l mcb' again and see the diff. 
Thanks......that made it a lot clearer.  Will have to check out the chmod man 
pages for a bit more detail on this stuff.
 WH>  Then it should execute. 
It didn't when I just typed in mcb at the command line......
 WH> To run any script file with out execute permissions you can just
 WH> do './mb' in the dir you have the script file in. 
........but it did when I tried this.  Probably a path ommission....will 
check that out.  :-)
 WH>    I would suggest a book 'Running Linux' that has tons of
 WH> examples and help info. Warren
Thanks for the reference......no $$ at the moment but maybe my library has 
it. :-)  Thanks for the input Warren.....much appreciated! :-)
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