2016-03-13 18:26 GMT+01:00 Philip Taylor <p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk>: > > > msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote: > > > If a script begins with the characters "#!" and the name of a script > > interpreter, and has the execute bit set, then it can be executed like > any > > other program, and the front end can run it the same way the front end > > would run any TeX engine. This is a facility of the operating system, > > often called the "shebang" mechanism, and it is transparent to > > applications. There is no need for the front end to know what language > > the script is written in, nor how to interpret that language. > > As far as I am aware, Mathew, #! is meaningless to the Windows > command-line interpreter; I /believe/ (but have no first-hand knowledge > or experience) that its use is restricted to Unix-like systems. >
In MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2 the script interpreter is recognized by a file extension. > > ** Phil. > > Zdeněk Wagner > http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml > http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz > >
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