Stuart Brady <stuart@convex.org.uk> wrote in
<20030527120718.GA22030@convex.org.uk>
in gmane.os.cygwin on Tue, 27 May 2003 13:07:18 +0100:
> On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:42:21PM +0100, Sam Edge wrote:
> > Make sure that if your script uses Bash-specific features, it starts
> > with #!/bin/bash and not with #!/bin/sh. That way it'll work anywhere.
>
> You've made the assumption that bash is always in /bin. I've seen it
> in /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/contrib/bin, and /opt/bash/bin.
> ~/bin would be another likely place for it.
I just _knew_ I shouldn't have said "anywhere." ;-)
Unfortunately this is a general weakness in the "#!/xxxx" syntax.
(OT) Does anyone know if any of the common shells, when they see
"#!/bin/xxxx" at the front of a script, try a $PATH search for an
"xxxx" executable if they can't find "/bin/xxxx"? This would seem like
a good idea to me.