* Scripts starting with colon
@ 1999-09-16 3:52 Keith Starsmeare
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Keith Starsmeare
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From: Keith Starsmeare @ 1999-09-16 3:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Why do scripts have to start with #! to be recognised as executable?
Scripts can start with just : to mean that it's either a bourne shell
script or a bash script depending on what shell you execute the script
from.
Was this an intentional ommission?
There are scripts in the cygwin installation that start with a colon,
for example gzexe, but the next line is #!/bin/sh and these files are
recognised as being executable.
It seems to be the case with cygwin that a file (with UNIX style end of
line characters) that starts with
:
#!
is the equivalent of a file that starts
#!/bin/sh
how confusing.
Could this matter be fixed (or added to a list of bugs - possibly
mentioned in the FAQ), or is it not considered a bug?
Keith
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* Scripts starting with colon
1999-09-16 3:52 Scripts starting with colon Keith Starsmeare
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Keith Starsmeare
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From: Keith Starsmeare @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Why do scripts have to start with #! to be recognised as executable?
Scripts can start with just : to mean that it's either a bourne shell
script or a bash script depending on what shell you execute the script
from.
Was this an intentional ommission?
There are scripts in the cygwin installation that start with a colon,
for example gzexe, but the next line is #!/bin/sh and these files are
recognised as being executable.
It seems to be the case with cygwin that a file (with UNIX style end of
line characters) that starts with
:
#!
is the equivalent of a file that starts
#!/bin/sh
how confusing.
Could this matter be fixed (or added to a list of bugs - possibly
mentioned in the FAQ), or is it not considered a bug?
Keith
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