David B. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You should also have "#!/bin/bash" as the first line in your script. "#! >/bin/bash", with the space, is generally not how it's done. It probably >won't case any problems, but it's best to do things the way they're >expected to be done.
I always use '#! /bin/bash' (well, more commonly '#! /bin/sh', but that's a different debate), and I believe support for that is required for POSIX compliance. I've heard that there are some Unix systems (Dynix?) that use the 4-byte string '#! /' as a magic number to indicate a script. At work we build on quite a number of different Linux and Unix systems, and I don't think any of them mind whether the space is there or not. At any rate, Linux certainly allows both forms. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
