in 448685 20080205 135947 Bill Marcum <marcumbill@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>On 2008-02-05, Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> wrote:
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>> All the docs say that Nautilus scripts can be written in any scripting
>> language, but this does not appear to be true - I think there is a
>> list of allowed languages.
>>
>> If the first line of my script is #!/bin/bash then nautilus identifies
>> it as a shell script; if the first line is #!/usr/bin/python then it's
>> identified as a python script; but if the first line is
>> #!/usr/bin/rexx then nautilus ignores it.
>>
>> Is there an editable list of valid programs?
>
>Is there a difference between a nautilus script and a script run from a
>shell prompt?
>Normally the kernel reads the #! line, and any interpreter should be
>allowed if it and the script have execute permission. What happens if
>you try to run a script with #!/usr/bin/rexx?

They work fine, I have hundreds of Rexx programs.
Nautilus is obviously reading the first line and deciding it doesn't like it.