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From: afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: the #! notation
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.162705.580@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Date: 16 Jan 91 16:27:05 GMT
Sender: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
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 Could someone clear up something for me?
 - If i put #! /bin/csh on the first line of a script
   the c shell will run it. If I put #! /bin/sh the
   Bourne shell will etc. 
 This is all well and good BUT does it assume that I am
 starting out in the c shell i.e. is the #! being interpreted
 by the c shell. What if my default were Bourne or ksh?
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Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
Analyst/Programmer         2121 N. Service Rd.        
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