Idea: /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register in the policy?
Hi people,
In the 2.2.x series there is a feature that allows the user to define
shells for certain types of files. Selecting on extension or a few magic
bytes.
This could be useful for languages where the "#!" trick wouldn't work,
like lisp. For the moment I have in a documentation-file:
#!/bin/sh
echo ':lisp:E::x86f::/usr/bin/lisp-start:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
# this should only work for root under linux 2.1.XX or later
# now you can do "chmod a+x hello.x86f" and
# ./hello.x86f
# from your favorite shell.
Is there sufficient interest to make a register-binary-format shell
script (like update-inetd, or register-window-manager) and put it into
the documentation?
Groetjes, Peter
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