Help with 'make_mailhost_script '

[Derek Winkler]

Try

vi -b <filename>

Does it have ^M at the end of the lines?

If it does type this and save

:g/^V^M/s///g

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeramy Eling [mailto:Jeramy.Eling at BRITAX-PMG.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:48 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Help with 'make_mailhost_script '
>
>
> Having checked the first line it does point to the correct
> location for perl. Can anyone tell me what their first line
> looks like? For reference mine looks like this: -
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> Thanks
>
> Jez
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Stephen Swaney
> Sent: 09 August 2004 15:40
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Help with 'make_mailhost_script '
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of Jeramy Eling
> > Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:34 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Help with 'make_mailhost_script '
> >
> > Unfortunately not, that is the entire error message.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> >
> > Behalf Of Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions
> >
> > Sent: 09 August 2004 15:29
> >
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >
> > Subject: Re: Help with 'make_mailhost_script '
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >> bad interpreter: No such file or directoryerl
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this so I can get
> the script
> >
> > > working?
> >
>
> The script probably can't find the perl binary.
>
> Make sure the first line in the script - probably something like:
>
> #! /usr/local/bin/perl
>
> Points to the right place for your working copy of perl.
> Typically this is
>
> #! /usr/bin/perl
>
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Swaney
> President
> Fortress Systems Ltd.
> Steve.Swaney at FSL.com
>
> > It sounds like a path related issue. The script is looking
> for something
> > and
> >
> > can't find it by the sounds of things. I presume the error
> message is
> > longer
> >
> > than that.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mr Michele Neylon
> >
> > Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
> >
> > http://www.blacknight.ie/
> >
> > Tel. +353 59 9137101
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