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From: "David Gluss" <dgluss AT marple-tech DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Peter J. Acklam" <pjacklam AT online DOT no>
References: <8z9y4kbm DOT fsf AT online DOT no>
Subject: Re: /usr/bin/env - Incorrect parsing of #! line?
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:55:47 -0800
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I don't know if it's constructive to suggest an alternative trick, rather
than trying to fix cygwin, in this forum.  However, this might work
for you:
>------------
>: # -*-Mode: perl;-*- use perl, wherever it is
>eval 'exec perl -wS $0 ${1+"$@"}'
>  if 0;
>#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
>------------
DG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter J. Acklam" <pjacklam AT online DOT no>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: /usr/bin/env - Incorrect parsing of #! line?


> 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.
> 
> Peter
> 
> -- 
> People say I'm indifferent, but I don't care.
> 
> 
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