Exec format error

[Helge Blischke]

It seems your script calls an executable on a platform it is not
compiled for,
e.g. your raptor executable is compiled for SunOS (Solaris, I guess?)
but called
on a Linux box.

The "Exec format error" is a typical error message for souch platform
mismatch.

Helge


Anonymous wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I have setup a print queue called rap with the following commands:-
> 
> /usr/sbin/lpadmin -prap -v/dev/null -i /etc/cups/wrapper.sh
> /usr/bin/enable rap
> /usr/sbin/accept rap
> 
> The log file is telling me this, any ideas anyone?
> D [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] StartJob: filter = "/etc/cups/interfaces/rap"
> D [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[0] = -1, 9
> D [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] start_process("/etc/cups/interfaces/rap", 0xbfffa4e0, 0xbfff9990, 8, 9, 7)
> I [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] Started filter /etc/cups/interfaces/rap (PID 28826) for job 57.
> D [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] [Job 57] /etc/cups/interfaces/rap: Exec format error
> E [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] PID 28826 stopped with status 22!
> D [21/Jun/2004:15:43:53 +0100] UpdateJob: job 57, file 0 is complete.
> 
> The file /etc/cups/wrapper.sh looks like this:-
> #!/bin/sh
> command=/etc/cups/raptor_script.sh
> exec $command "$@"
> 
> The file /etc/cups/raptor_script.sh looks like this:-
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #
> # This is the raptor filter script which is used to rasterize data before passing it
> # to the plotter.  Use the wrapper script to avoid having to run lpadmin every time
> # this file is modified.
> #
> #
> #
> #
> # Please set the following variables
> #-------------------------------------
> # plot_queue=< name of the plotter queue >
> plot_queue=hp500
> #
> # path_append=< path to the directory above the platform directories containing the exes>
> path_append=/software/cadence/ic5033/tools/plot/bin
> #
> # logfile=< fully resolved path to the logfile >
> logfile=/tmp/marklog
> #
> # Determine the platform we are on
> #---------------------------------
> OSREV=`uname -r`
> export OSREV
> OSNAME=`uname -s`
> export OSNAME
> if [ $OSNAME = "SunOS" ] ; then
>         PLATFORM=sun4v
>         export PLATFORM;
> elif [ $OSNAME = "Linux" ] ; then
>     PLATFORM=lnx86
>         export PLATFORM;
> else
>     PLATFORM=hppa
>         export PLATFORM;
> fi
> #
> # Set the path
> #-------------
> # Update the path to include the installation directory for the raptor and
> # RTLout execuatbles
> #PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:$path_append/$PLATFORM"
> PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/software/cadence/ic5033/tools/plot/bin"
> export PATH
> #
> # Print some information to the logfile
> #---------------------------------------
> echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> $logfile
> date >> $logfile
> echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------" >> $logfile
> echo ""
> echo $0 >> $logfile
> echo $1 >> $logfile
> echo $2 >> $logfile
> echo $3 >> $logfile
> echo $4 >> $logfile
> echo $5 >> $logfile
> echo $6 >> $logfile
> echo $7 >> $logfile
> #
> # Redirect standard error to a file.
> #-----------------------------------
> exec 2>>$logfile
> #
> #
> # Get to work
> #------------
> shift;shift;shift;shift;shift
> DATA_FILE=$1
> raptor -p -v -x wtob -k 2 $DATA_FILE | RTLout -f rtl -c rle -v | lp -d$plot_queue
> # Command line versions of above are:
> #sun4v/raptor -p -v -x wtob -k 2 -o <file>.raptor <input file>
> #sun4v/RTLout -f rtl -c rle -v <<file>.raptor> <file>.RTLout
> 
> # All done

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