Re: [PATCH] Linux 2.6: shebang handling in fs/binfmt_script.c

[Hansjoerg Lipp <hjlipp@web.de>]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 02:24:51PM -0800, Paul Jackson wrote:
> Hansjoerg wrote:
> > #!/bin/zsh -v -x
> > ...
> > this should be "evidence" enough(?)
> 
> This testing was done on a system with your patch applied, right?

Yes. The results are the same if you use a stock kernel and call the
script manually.

> Because on a stock kernel, the various shells are of course
> confused by the "-v -x" argv[1].

Yes, of course.

> I will grant that ksh, bash, ash, tcsh and zsh are likely ok
> (willing to see > 1 option before the script file name.)
> 
> An alternative way to test the same thing, that works even on
> a stock kernel:
> 
>   $ echo 'echo "$*"' > ./d
>   $ ash -e -e ./d 1 2 3
>   $ tcsh -v -v ./d 1 2 3
>   $ zsh -e -e ./d 1 2 3
>   $ ksh -e -e ./d 1 2 3
>   $ bash -e -e ./d 1 2 3
> 
> The thing being tested: will a shell handle > 1 option before a script
> file name.  Each shell invocation of the "./d" script should echo the
> script file arguments "1 2 3".

This works as expected.

Regards,

	Hansjoerg Lipp