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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:12:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: SJ <simon DOT jackson AT didata DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: VBScript shebang?
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, SJ wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  From time to time, I like use a Windows script file (VBS, JS) with
> CScript/WSH. Is it possible to execute a script as a command from the
> Cygwin shell without having to specify the 'interpreter' (CScript)? This
> would then operate like a Perl or BASH script.
>
> I've tried using a 'shebang' approach like "#!<path>cscript" but the
> CScript interpreter chokes. If I comment the shebang I get an error from
> the shell.
>
> Thanks
> Simon

You need to make sure the interpreter gets the Win32 path to its argument,
not POSIX.  Search the archives for "ActivePerl shebang".
	Igor
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