Re: /usr/bin/env and guile

Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
15 Nov 1997 09:21:42 -0700

Ralph> The only thing which would help Guile are hacks like Tcl's
Ralph> #! /bin/sh
Ralph> #\
Ralph> exec wish $0 ${1+"$@"}

That is part of the reason for the #! ... !# comments. You can write:

#!/bin/sh
env guile -s $0 ${1+"$@"}
!#

Ralph> BTW, do not write `#!/', always write `#! /' (including the
Ralph> whitespace). There are systems out there treating the first 4
Ralph> bytes of an executable as a magic binary number.

I think this is a myth. Or do you know which system does it?

Tom