run bash script inside meson.build with run_command

[5wattbulb]

r=run_command('ls') works fine however if I create an executable file called scpt containing 'ls' and use

r=run_command(scpt)
inside meson.build I get a list of python (I think) messages with

OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error: '/home/tom/dev/pj/scpt'
tagged on at the end.

Running '/home/tom/dev/pj/scpt' in bash also works as expected.
Where am I going wrong?

[5wattbulb]

Finally got this to work by inserting
#!/bin/bash
at the beginning of the script.

[andy5995]

You want to change bash to sh (probably no reason to specify bash when any ole interpreter will do).

Here's a set-up for using scripts to test a binary app for anyone who might be interested in such a thing.

[5wattbulb]

Thanks Andy. Useful.