Re: #! -- reconsideration?
Ted, sorry to be off-topic, but ... what MUA/MTA are you using that
took Don Cragun's name, split it, and then tacked on my domain name?
Don.Cragun@Eng.Sun.COM -> Cragun@cise.ufl.edu, Don@cise.ufl.edu
My curiosity is too great, and it didn't identify itself in the headers.
Hopefully, it doesn't go berserk upon seeing ufl.edu addresses. 8-) 8-)
+------ Ted Baker wrote (Wed, 10-May-00, 08:03 -0400):
|
| For example, how about extending the syntax of the first line
| to something that is distinct from existing practices, e.g.,
|
| #!posix shell
|
| Or, pick something else, like your favorit cartoon expletive
| #*?&!#@*#!.
|
| Only new applications would benefit, but it would not break
| existing applications.
I think it would break backward compatibility. My current system
doesn't know how to run a script starting with '#!posix shell'.
It results in "Command not found".
One might think of inventing something like '#! /bin/sh #!posix shell'.
But that also fails on old systems, since the first line isn't being
interpreted by the shell, and the '#!posix shell' is passed as argv[1]
to /bin/sh.
Regards,
Chuck
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Charles Seeger <seeger@cise.ufl.edu>
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