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--- Begin Message ---Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.0 Severity: wishlist policy presently uses "#!/" without a space, but some systems apparently require the space ("#! /") and sense the script "type" using a 4-byte magic number. info autoconf / "portable shell" mentions this. It would be nice to at least error on the side of portability and suggest this instead of the current one (without a space).
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--- Begin Message ---Hi, Actually, POSIX: The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved., states: ====================================================================== Another way that some historical implementations handle shell scripts is by recognizing the first two bytes of the file as the character string "#!" and using the remainder of the first line of the file as the name of the command interpreter to execute. ====================================================================== So it is only a two byte magic, which is what I recall. It gets even better: ====================================================================== 2.1 Shell Introduction The shell is a command language interpreter. This chapter describes the syntax of that command language as it is used by the sh utility and the system() and popen() functions defined in the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. The shell operates according to the following general overview of operations. The specific details are included in the cited sections of this chapter. 1. The shell reads its input from a file (see sh), from the -c option or from the system() and popen() functions defined in the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001. If the first line of a file of shell commands starts with the characters "#!", the results are unspecified. ====================================================================== manoj -- Men freely believe that what they wish to desire. Julius Caesar Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
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