Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] #!perl - alternative path to script interpreters | Date | Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:44:39 +0100 |
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In article <199903231123.TAA26094@typhaon.ucs.uwa.edu.au> you wrote: > It is something which people typically put -*- perl -*- or something in but I > don't know if that's just because it looks nice, and I can't find any > examples around :-(
The -*- prl -*- is to tell emacs to enter perl edit mode, and the hack you quoted is to wok around stupid Unix System who dont interpret the "#!" at the start of a script and uses the shell all the time.
Greetings Bernd
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