Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 16 Jun 1996 01:10:11 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: Java and the FSSTND |
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On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
(clip) > > Scripts shouldn't have to have an absolute name there; it should be > indirectable, so the script doesn't depend on where the interpreter > is located (so the script will work on system with the interpreter in a > different place). > > How about something like this: > - Intrepret the name after "#!" as a command to be looked up as a normal > command. > - If it's an absolute name (starting with a slash), it works the > same way as it does now. > - If it's a simple name (no slashes), it gets looked up via the > PATH environment variable (or whatever is appropriate > considering security issues). > - If it's a relative name (slashes, but no leading slash), it > get looks up relative to the current directory (or > whatever is needed for security). > - If it ever became necessary, the kernel (or whatever) could look up > simple names are map them to interpreter pathnames using > whatever mapping mechanism we wanted. > > > Daniel
Maybe _I'm_ out of context, but what does this get you?
Most of the scripts on my system usr /bin/sh ... I can link that to any binary on my system.
For what application is this useful?
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