Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:59:24 +0000 | | From | Jamie Lokier <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Linux 2.6: shebang handling in fs/binfmt_script.c |
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Paul Jackson wrote: > 1) If argv[1] starts with a '-', consume and handle as an option > (or possibly as a space separated list of options). > 2) Presume the next argument, if any, is a shell script file. > > I would be surprised if any of the major shells are coded this way.
It would have been a "smart" thing for Perl to do, extra friendly for programmers, auto-configuring with a test at installation time of course. I doubt Perl does that but it wouldn't surprise me - it seems like quite a good idea - Perl scripts using the capability would even be portable :)
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