Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-phy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Physics:crl From: crl@pur-phy.UUCP (Charles LaBrec) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: C shell script portability suggestion Message-ID: <1204@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 14:49:06 EST Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1204 Posted: Tue Feb 14 14:49:06 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 03:53:24 EST References: <372@ogcvax.UUCP> Organization: Purdue University Physics Dept. Lines: 10 Sorry, but using: #! /bin/csh -f as the first line of shell script is *NOT* portable. This feature did not exist in standard V7, although 2.8 BSD (for 11's) does have it. Furthermore, in 2.8, flags cannot be passed, so the "-f" above causes an error (the kernel looks for "/bin/csh -f"). Charles LaBrec UUCP: pur-ee!Physics:crl, purdue!Physics:crl INTERNET: crl @ pur-phy.UUCP