I don't know if it's constructive to suggest an alternative trick, rather
than trying to fix cygwin, in this forum. However, this might work
for you:
>------------
>: # -*-Mode: perl;-*- use perl, wherever it is
>eval 'exec perl -wS $0 ${1+"$@"}'
> if 0;
>#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
>------------
DG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter J. Acklam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: /usr/bin/env - Incorrect parsing of #! line?
> I use different computers where Perl is installed different
> places, so I can't hardcode the location of perl in the shebang
> line. Thus, I use env, which works great on all UNIXes I work on,
> for instance
>
> #!/usr/bin/env perl -w
>
> print "This is Perl version $]\n";
>
> but on Cygwin I get
>
> /usr/bin/env: perl -w: No such file or directory
>
> why does Cygwin look for the file "perl -w". No UNIX I have
> worked on would parse the shebang line that way.
>
> Peter
>
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