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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Problem with #!
Keywords: scripts expect
Message-ID: <1990Dec23.232842.4354@virtech.uucp>
Date: 23 Dec 90 23:28:42 GMT
References: <1990Dec23.083329.22021@csn.org>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc., Sterling VA
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In article <1990Dec23.083329.22021@csn.org> frechett@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-) writes:
>long as the first line was 
>#!/tmp/.../expect -f
>
>I then recompiled everything and it is now.
>#!/users/en-eecs/huangc/.../expect -f 
>I am absolutely positive that this is the correct path for it but it simply 
>doesn't work now.  It appears that it is trying to execute it as a csh

The problem is that the kernel is interpreting the #! and it (the kernel)
has a fixed limit on the number of bytes (I have seen it as low as 32 bytes).

The solution is to put expect in a public place with a shorter
path, or use symbolic links to make the path shorter.

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