[TUHS] Command line post-arguments with #!

Sven Mascheck mascheck at in-ulm.de
Thu Dec 15 10:25:10 AEST 2011


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:57:39PM -0500, Norman Wilson wrote:
> Sven Mascheck:
> 
>   Well the original implementation (post 7th ed and 4.0/4.1 BSD)
>   didn't allow arguments at all ;-)
> 
> ======
> 
> I believe you're mistaken.  All the implementations I've
> ever used allowed a single argument in the #! line,

With "original implementation (post 7th ed", I meant the undistributed
BellLabs-internal further development of 7th, the first system ever
to implement #!, leading to 8th ed, etc. (4BSD just incorporated this).
Not System V or other relatives, though.



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