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   Message 643 of 1,458   
   Rj Clay to Roy Witt   
   Error attempting to run 'between' script   
   15 Sep 15 15:10:28   
   
   Roy,   
      
   13 Oct 12 21:05, you wrote to me:   
    RW>  Rj Clay wrote to All:   
      
    RC>>    Something I've been seeing that I'm trying to figure out:   
      
    RC>> ---------------------------------------   
    RC>> % 11:16:58  System: between   
    RC>> % 11:16:58  execvp returned -1, errno is 2.   
    RC>> ? 11:16:58  Error executing program.   
    RC>> --------------------------------------   
      
    RC>>    IIRC, the error being returned is 'No such fail or directory'.   
      
    RW> Is the 'script' a reference to the 'batch' file used in the DOS or Win   
    RW> version, as in between.bat?   
      
       A 'script', as in; "a small program written for a command interpreter...".    
    And yes, on DOS or Windows systems, they've been commonly referred to as    
   'batch' files.   
      
      
    RW>  Is Linux looking for a file with a .SCR extension? Are *.SCR files   
    RW> executable in Linux?   
      
      On linux/unix systems, there is no requirement for using an extension on a    
   file name (like '.bat' or '.cmd') in order to identify a file as a batch or    
   script file, although it's not unusual to use one for other reasons.  (The    
   command line shell checks the first line in the file for the sequence "#!" at    
   the beginning of the line; if present, then what follows on that line is the    
   path & name to the program to be used to process the rest of the file.)   
      
      So to me, the line "System: between" noted above indicates that IRex is    
   attempting to run the batch/script file named "between", which the error says    
   it can't access and/or find. That file is in the base directory where Internet    
   Rex is installed, where the Irex executables are installed, including 'rexl'.     
   It is set as an excutable.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5--b20111217   
    * Origin: RJC eeePC (1:120/419)   

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