minor correction/addition to previous post: instead of "infinitely recursive", i should've said that it would break things if "script" re-exec's the same file with a different interpreter.
-- > #!/bin/sh > . script this won't work if "script" is going to do something before exec'ing the file itself. it will end up being infinitely recursive. and similarly for the following: > > #!/bin/sh -n script this is currently not ok > but why shouldn't it be? > #!/bin/sh > exec /bin/sh -n script > > > #!/bin/sh script 1 2 this is ok with FBSD and RH Linux, > > but not ok in a few implementations, > > but why shouldn't it be? > > #!/bin/sh > exec /bin/sh script 1 2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
