> > > 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. > > Linux parses things this way too. I don't know what "UNIX"'s this works > on. > > (Sun, HP?) More specifically it's a quoting issue. Try: /usr/bin/env perl -w on the command line and compare with "/usr/bin/env perl -w"
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