On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Lowell Gilbert<freebsd-stable-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Glen Barber <glen.j.bar...@gmail.com> writes: >>> The shell specified in the "#!" first line is only consulted if you run >>> it as "./foo.sh". Otherwise, it's input to the shell that you started, >>> and the line is only a comment. >>> >> >> I suppose that makes sense, but what if the script location is in the >> user's $PATH? > > That would be the same as "./foo.sh". > The distinction is between whether the file is treated as an executable > or as input to a script. You might find the manual page for execve(2) > useful for more detail on how the former case is handled. > > >
Aha! Yes, I will have a look. Thanks for the point in the right direction. -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
