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Re: bug or feature: `eval' vs `#!'


At 01:55 AM 3/9/2001, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>Hello:
>
>Under Win98 script files with as first line
>
>eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' && eval 'exec perl
>-S $0 $ argv:q'
>
>contrary to script files with bang mechanism (`#! <executable>')
>are not identify as executable (and we cannot set them executable with
>`chmod'),
>and therefore the completion mechanism does NOT work for them.
>
>
>
>Is it a bug or a feature ?
>
>Byebye,
>Jerome BENOIT



Shell scripts that don't start with !# are inherently non-portable.  See

Why doesn't my script work?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC39

in the FAQ.  Keep in mind, this is a great source of information for 
issues/questions like these!



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