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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?

On 2008-02-05, Bob Martin <[email protected]> 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?

in 448685 20080205 135947 Bill Marcum <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2008-02-05, Bob Martin <[email protected]> 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?
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>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.

Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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?

If I were writing a program like Nautilus I'd use "file" to identify
files by type. Actually, I'd probably crib the underlying code
from "file" using the same config file and such. Do a man on
"file" and you can peruse the config file probably used.