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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:45:03 -0500
From: george young <gry AT ll DOT mit DOT edu>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: can a postinstall script be other than shell?
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Can a postinstall script be other than a shell script?

I gather that setup looks for *.sh, but if I name a file
/etc/postinstall/foobar.sh, and it contains:

  #!/bin/python
  ...some python code...

will it work?  Or do I have to have a skeleton shell script
that calls my python script? 

-- George Young
-- 
"Are the gods not just?"  "Oh no, child.
What would become of us if they were?" (CSL)

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