Mark Galeck <mark_gal...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >The Bourne Shell does what is in the standard text, but the standard text
> >does
>
> not describe an algorithm but leaves the exact algorithm open.
>
>
>
> Is that a problem in the standard, that in the definition of Executable File:
>
> "A regular file acceptable as a new process image file by the equivalent of
> the exec family (...)"
The background needs to be known: The standard does not intend to make existing
implementations illegal.
BTW: The checks done while doing the path search in the shell catch all cases
except the ENOEXEC case. Even ENOEXEC may just indicate: "This is a shell
script".
Jörg
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