Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Mar 1999 12:36:16 +0100 | From | Thomas Wouters <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman |
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On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 11:48:00AM +0100, Olaf Titz wrote:
> > Never mind /bin/false; the original /bin/true was an *empty file*.
> Wouldn't that depend on the shell to give a correct result? > exec()ing an empty file should return ENOEXEC.
Way back when, exec()ing a non-binary file without a shebang line automatically meant /bin/sh would get a shot. And as you can see:
daemon:~ > echo > test .sh daemon:~ > sh -f test.sh daemon:~ > echo $? 0
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