/usr/bin/env - Incorrect parsing of #! line?

Michael Schaap cygwin@mscha.org
Fri Feb 22 04:34:00 GMT 2002


At 09:53 22-2-2002, pjacklam wrote:
>I know, but cygwin respects shebang lines (e.g., a text
>file in the path starting with the line "#!/bin/gawk"
>will really be run by gawk), so I'm sure there is a way
>to get this working right.  I just haven't found it yet.

Well, someone(*) posted a solution that should work for you:

Create a wrapper script, e.g. '/usr/local/bin/perl -w', with contents

         #!/bin/sh
         perl -w $*

  - Michael

(*): Sorry, don't remember who suggested this.  And this thread has become 
_way_ too long to find it back...

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     I always wondered about the meaning of life.   So I looked it
     up in the dictionary under "L" and there it was - the meaning
     of life.  It was not what I expected.                  - Dogbert 


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