calling a script

[ub007]

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Hi,

I'm trying to call a shell script from within another scipt, but returns with a
`command not found` error msg.

script_name=$1
./$script_name &; exit 0

I think its something to no with the "./" bit.

i also tried
"./"$script_name &; and
"./$script_name" &
no luck.


Cheers
David

[Lakshmipathi]

Did you try with absoulte path name? like

/complete/path/to/script.sh

[nmset]

Is your script executable ? (I guess so.)
Does its name contain white spaces ? (You should quote the variable.)

[sixdrift]

Make sure the script has the executable bit set. And to be consistent make sure it has a she-bang in the first line. Something like:

#!/bin/bash

That is, assuming you are trying to execute bash. If it is a different script language, put in the appropriate interpreter command instead of bash.