From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:Physics:crl Newsgroups: net.unix-wizar Title: Re: . files, defaults, and generality - (nf) Article-I.D.: pur-phy.535 Posted: Sat Oct 30 04:02:08 1982 Received: Wed Nov 3 00:57:52 1982 #R:microsof:-255800:pur-phy:12700002:000:299 pur-phy!crl Oct 29 17:41:00 1982 The '#!' mechanism is not a universal feature. Version 2.8 bsd for 11's supports it, but v7 does not (I think). Even in 2.8, it is a compile-time option for the kernel, and our version does not support having any options to the shell, so: #! /bin/csh -f fails. Charles LaBrec pur-ee!physics:crl