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Re: Using Emacs Lisp for script writing
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Cecil Westerhof |
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Re: Using Emacs Lisp for script writing |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:49:59 +0100 |
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pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:
> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:
>> Works like a charm. I made it:
>> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>
> IMO, there's higher probability that /bin/bash be present than /usr/bin/env.
> And even higher probability that /bin/sh be present.
>
> Since you're not using any bash feature in the script, you could as
> well go for the sure case, and use #!/bin/sh.
I have once been on a system where the shells were in a different
directory. (I think it was a BSD system.) As I understand it
/usr/bin/env should be on every system, as a real file or a link. That
is why I use /usr/bin/env. But properly sh would be better instead of
bash. There are systems where bash is not installed.
--
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
- Re: Using Emacs Lisp for script writing, (continued)
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- Re: Using Emacs Lisp for script writing, Tim X, 2009/12/22
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- Re: Using Emacs Lisp for script writing, Cecil Westerhof, 2009/12/22
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