Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 23:02:24 -0600 Message-Id: <200403260502.i2Q52OZs022291@tigris.pounder.sol.net> X-Authentication-Warning: tigris.pounder.sol.net: rodmant set sender to nicebounce AT trodman DOT com using -f From: nicebounce AT trodman DOT com (Tom Rodman) Reply-to: nicebounce AT trodman DOT com (Tom Rodman) X-note: setting From,Reply-to,X-sendmail-f to value of original "To" header makes sense for 1:1 emails, but "blows up" when "To" is a mailing list, in which case use: repl -fo repls To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-note: 1G0!G/usr/sbin/sendmail -v -t -fnicebounce AT trodman DOT com # for less traceable mail Subject: bash bad interpreter - a new twist! In-reply-to: <016b01c41028$25f73230$9601a8c0@rbaker> References: >I'm using cygwin (september 2003 build) and ActiveState perl. To connect >ActiveState into cygwin I use a proxy /usr/local/bin/perl bourne shell >script that essentially transalates the paths (cygpath -w) and delegates to >the ActiveState perl.exe binary. Given the following foobar script: > >#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w >print "foobar world\n"; The "#!" construct must always refer to a binary, never to another script (to avoid loops?). I ran into the same issue. The UNIX standard is what I just said, but earlier (and current?) cygwin versions (wrongly) sorta supported a script. In 1.3.20 it works about 2 out of 5 times or so - if you try a similar approach on a UNIX box it will fail *every* time. Years back there was a cygwin tool called dbash.exe to support what your trying to do. Try "man execve" on a UNIX box for more on the "#!" construct. You just need to rethink your workaround.. I'm sure others can correct some of what I just said, but I believe is mostly right ;-> -- Tom Rodman pls run for my address: perl -e 'print unpack("u", "1\:6UP\,\$\!T\