[Remind-Fans] Using RUN echo etc.

[Shelagh Manton]

On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 09:20 +0100, "K.André Braselmann" wrote:
> Shelagh Manton wrote:
> > I'm trying to use RUN like this.
> > 
> > REM 31 Oct 2006 AT 17:33 RUN echo "Diane here at 10am" \
> > | osd_cat -pmiddle -Acenter -d30 \
> > -f-*-helvetica-*-*-*-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*
> > 
> > The echo command works fine with the osd_cat program fine on the command
> > line, but when I use it with remind it says
> > 
> > sh: /bin/echo: No such file or directory
> > sh: : command not found
> > sh: /bin/echo: No such file or directory
> > 
> > and 
> > 
> > sh: echo: command not found
> > sh: : command not found
> > sh: echo: command not found
> >  when I just use echo without a full path. I'm using the ubuntu package
> > on Dapper if that makes a difference. Have I missed something?
> > 
> 
> You are using the Posix Bourne Shell. So a
> 
> # which echo
> 
> should show the correct path to the echo command.
> Or is it a rights problem? Usually not.

/bin/echo is the correct place for echo. Permissions problem, how might
that work? Sorry if that seems ignorant but I have huge gaps in my
knowledge of unix style OS, as I came to this late. Would that be the
permission of remind to use echo or my permissions?

Shelagh
> 
> hopeithelps
> 
> Andre
> 
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