Re: shebang line drive me nuts.

Jochem Maas wrote:

I have a php shell script (the execute bit of the file is set) of which the first line is this: #!/usr/lib/php5/bin/php -q or this: #!/usr/bin/php -q or this: #!php -q in all cases I get the following error when I run (as root) the script: -bash: ./makemicrositeml: /usr/lib/php5/bin/php: bad interpreter: Permission denied php is where I think it is: # which php /usr/bin/php # ls -lart /usr/bin/php lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 9 11:40 /usr/bin/php -> /usr/lib/php5/bin/php

3 things to check: - /usr/lib/php5/bin/php exists - /usr/lib/php5/bin/php is executable - your script is executable. If you run: /usr/lib/php5/bin/php -q /path/to/your/script.php does it work? -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/