Stuart Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in gmane.os.cygwin on Tue, 27 May 2003 13:07:18 +0100:
> On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:42:21PM +0100, Sam Edge wrote: > > Make sure that if your script uses Bash-specific features, it starts > > with #!/bin/bash and not with #!/bin/sh. That way it'll work anywhere. > > You've made the assumption that bash is always in /bin. I've seen it > in /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/contrib/bin, and /opt/bash/bin. > ~/bin would be another likely place for it. I just _knew_ I shouldn't have said "anywhere." ;-) Unfortunately this is a general weakness in the "#!/xxxx" syntax. (OT) Does anyone know if any of the common shells, when they see "#!/bin/xxxx" at the front of a script, try a $PATH search for an "xxxx" executable if they can't find "/bin/xxxx"? This would seem like a good idea to me. Regards, -- Sam Edge -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
