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SubjectRe: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman
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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