From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261750AbUBVUvp (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2004 15:51:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261747AbUBVUvp (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2004 15:51:45 -0500 Received: from mtvcafw.sgi.com ([192.48.171.6]:58689 "EHLO zok.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261750AbUBVUvo (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2004 15:51:44 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:53:12 -0800 From: Paul Jackson To: Hansjoerg Lipp Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux 2.6: shebang handling in fs/binfmt_script.c Message-Id: <20040222125312.11749dfd.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040222155410.GA3051@hobbes> References: <20040216133418.GA4399@hobbes> <20040222020911.2c8ea5c6.pj@sgi.com> <20040222155410.GA3051@hobbes> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > BTW, which shell expects the name of the script in argv[2]? Which ones don't? The burden is on you, not me. The Bourne like shells that I happen to try just now _do_ display syntax error messages in shell scripts with the name of the shell script file in the error message. Look and see how they are getting that script file name. What's theoretical on one persons machine is very real and painful on a million persons machines. Incompatible changes in documented interfaces have a high threshold to overcome. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373