iLiad Shell Access - Installed Correctly?

rexcrieg · 05-03-2007, 06:32 AM

Hello everyone.

I wondering why my scripts aren't working. I downloaded the 'script access' update as described through iDS however, cannot seem to run scripts. When I select them, nothing happens.

For example a script in the root of the memory called myip.sh
Code:

#!/bin/sh
export scriptdir=`/usr/bin/dirname $0`
cd $scriptdir
mkdir testdir
ifconfig -a > testdir/lan.txt

Any help would be much appreciated!

tororebelde · 05-03-2007, 07:13 AM

Hi,

I init all my scripts with:

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0
export scriptdir=`/usr/bin/dirname $0`
cd $scriptdir

#put here your own stuff

So no need to put #!/bin/sh on your scripts.

Hope this helps you and welcome to mobileread!

tororebelde · 05-03-2007, 07:19 AM

By the way, I forget to say you must add a manifest.xml file to point to your script. Did you know this? Take this in mind, is important

This could help you: link

yokos · 05-03-2007, 08:02 AM

Did you try any of the MR apps? Does it work?
Does your script file have unix encoding ["Line Feed only"]?

@tororebelde: We don't need a manifest.xml to start a .sh.

henkvdg · 05-03-2007, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rexcrieg

Hello everyone.

I wondering why my scripts aren't working. I downloaded the 'script access' update as described through iDS however, cannot seem to run scripts. When I select them, nothing happens.

For example a script in the root of the memory called myip.sh
Code:

#!/bin/sh
export scriptdir=`/usr/bin/dirname $0`
cd $scriptdir
mkdir testdir
ifconfig -a > testdir/lan.txt

Any help would be much appreciated!

The scripts should be according to UNIX file format, so only linefeeds at the end of lines, no CR's.
If you work on a PC a way to achieve that is use the program DOS2UNIX

mtas · 05-03-2007, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tororebelde

By the way, I forget to say you must add a manifest.xml file to point to your script. Did you know this? Take this in mind, is important

This could help you: link

Just a clarification, there is no need to create a manifest file in order to execute a shell script. As long as the script has the extension .sh and the shell access is installed it can be run by selecting it in the content lister.

OTOH, it's a good idea to let the script start with #!/bin/sh since that makes it possible to run the script from a command line.

Regarding the problem rexcrieg has it seems to me that the shell access has not been successfully downloaded.

rexcrieg · 05-03-2007, 09:57 AM

Thanks for all the replies. I'm thinking along the lines that the update didn't install correctly. According to iRex's records I have 'successfully' downloaded the update.

I'm sure my line endings are correct as I'm a linux man.

I will try the update again from home tonight.

If anyone has any further thoughts / suggestions or even a 'working' test script to create a directory in the contentlister or even a text file. It'd be much appreciated!

Thanks all.

scotty1024 · 05-03-2007, 05:20 PM

I know you aren't doing this but just in case someone stumbles into this thread some day, if your .sh file is on a EXT2/3 storage card you must have execute permission set on the .sh file (and any executables inside the .sh folder...) chmod +x <your>.sh

Here is my ifconfig.sh script that I have on my internal memory:
ifconfig -a >/mnt/free/if.txt

One line, works great.

I also keep a pair of these scripts on internal memory to deal with the !@#$ can't mount storage card timing issue:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf

If the card is already mounted you won't hurt anything. Running the script has always gotten my CF or MMC card mounted, where un-plugging/re-plugging might or might not.

rexcrieg · 05-03-2007, 07:33 PM

Hi Everyone,

Still can't run shell scripts. I downloaded the update from home (saw that the download was complete) It didn't however automatically reset. So I reset the Iliad manually.

I then went into Main memory -> newspapers and ran a simple program as listed above to create a directory in the current directory.

Still no luck,

Is there something I'm missing????????? (Going a bit mad by this point)

tororebelde · 05-07-2007, 05:35 AM

@yokos, mtas
Thank you guys to point me about the manifest.xml tip. Didn't know that, but I want to learn more so your comments are really welcome!

@rexcrieg
Have you tried with a visual executable, i.e. mrxvt? Just to be sure you have the shell script extension well installed. -- Sure it may be ok, but don't understand why you have those problems. Doing a shell that creates a directory is not to find that it don't works.

Really weird.

05-03-2007, 06:32 AM	#1
rexcrieg Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2007	Shell Access - Installed Correctly? Hello everyone. I wondering why my scripts aren't working. I downloaded the 'script access' update as described through iDS however, cannot seem to run scripts. When I select them, nothing happens. For example a script in the root of the memory called myip.sh Code: #!/bin/sh export scriptdir=`/usr/bin/dirname $0` cd $scriptdir mkdir testdir ifconfig -a > testdir/lan.txt Any help would be much appreciated!

05-03-2007, 07:13 AM	#2
tororebelde No es el toro que piensas Posts: 44 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: iRex iliad	Hi, I init all my scripts with: Code: export DISPLAY=:0 export scriptdir=`/usr/bin/dirname $0` cd $scriptdir #put here your own stuff So no need to put #!/bin/sh on your scripts. Hope this helps you and welcome to mobileread!

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tororebelde No es el toro que piensas Posts: 44 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: iRex iliad	By the way, I forget to say you must add a manifest.xml file to point to your script. Did you know this? Take this in mind, is important This could help you: link

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05-03-2007, 09:57 AM	#7
rexcrieg Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2007	Thanks for all the replies. I'm thinking along the lines that the update didn't install correctly. According to iRex's records I have 'successfully' downloaded the update. I'm sure my line endings are correct as I'm a linux man. I will try the update again from home tonight. If anyone has any further thoughts / suggestions or even a 'working' test script to create a directory in the contentlister or even a text file. It'd be much appreciated! Thanks all.

05-03-2007, 05:20 PM	#8
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	I know you aren't doing this but just in case someone stumbles into this thread some day, if your .sh file is on a EXT2/3 storage card you must have execute permission set on the .sh file (and any executables inside the .sh folder...) chmod +x <your>.sh Here is my ifconfig.sh script that I have on my internal memory: ifconfig -a >/mnt/free/if.txt One line, works great. I also keep a pair of these scripts on internal memory to deal with the !@#$ can't mount storage card timing issue: mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/cf If the card is already mounted you won't hurt anything. Running the script has always gotten my CF or MMC card mounted, where un-plugging/re-plugging might or might not.

05-03-2007, 07:33 PM	#9
rexcrieg Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2007	Hi Everyone, Still can't run shell scripts. I downloaded the update from home (saw that the download was complete) It didn't however automatically reset. So I reset the Iliad manually. I then went into Main memory -> newspapers and ran a simple program as listed above to create a directory in the current directory. Still no luck, Is there something I'm missing????????? (Going a bit mad by this point)

05-07-2007, 05:35 AM	#10
tororebelde No es el toro que piensas Posts: 44 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: iRex iliad	@yokos, mtas Thank you guys to point me about the manifest.xml tip. Didn't know that, but I want to learn more so your comments are really welcome! @rexcrieg Have you tried with a visual executable, i.e. mrxvt? Just to be sure you have the shell script extension well installed. -- Sure it may be ok, but don't understand why you have those problems. Doing a shell that creates a directory is not to find that it don't works. Really weird.

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