Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: #! and argv[0]: the path is removed before invoking the interpreter | Date | 16 Feb 2000 11:22:24 -0800 |
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Followup to: <200002161849.KAA22598@ultra.franz.com> By author: Kevin Layer <layer@franz.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I have an interpreter of #! scripts that absolutely needs to know the > full path of where the executable is, and I can't assume it will be in > the user's path. Getting it in argv[0] is the cleanest way. That is, > I can tell users they have to use the full path in the #!, if they > want to use my interpreter. > > I believe the behavior of #! on Solaris goes all the way back to BSD > in of the early 80's. FreeBSD 3.0 behaves as Solaris does. > > I hope this considered a bug. If there willingness to take a patch for > it, I might work on making the fix. >
Read it out of the first line of the script! #! doesn't interpret the PATH.
-hpa -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot."
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