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Re: [PATCH][RFC] New 'true' program


From: Bob Proulx
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] New 'true' program
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:29:46 -0700
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> If you use a more robust shell :-), you don't have to
> resort to using strace:
> 
>   $ touch true; chmod a+x true; ./true
>   zsh: exec format error: ./true

But how does zsh run those classic V7 scripts that don't start with a
"#!interpreter" and expect the user's shell to run them?  How does zsh
run those classic BSD scripts that expect to be run with csh if the
first character is a '#'?  :-)

Bob




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