On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 08:22:34AM -0800, Michael O'Brien wrote: > Hola~ > > Is there any way to have a #! syntax that will conditionally run a interpreter > based on a set of fallback locations? > > For example, we have a perl install in /dir/bin/perl. However, if you are at a > non-work machine (ie, at home), you may not have a /dir/bin/perl. So, I'd like > to have a script that will first try /dir/bin/perl, then if that doesn't > exist, tries /usr/bin/perl.
You could consider: #!/usr/bin/env perl as more installs will have env in the same place. -- groetjes, carel