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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Patch 9 from outer space (was Re: Force script to use /bin/sh?)
Message-ID: <7110@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 19 Feb 90 18:17:15 GMT
References: <15178@bfmny0.UU.NET> <7105@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <1990Feb18.190513.464@iwarp.intel.com>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1990Feb18.190513.464@iwarp.intel.com> merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) writes:
: So if I go...
: 
: perl <<EOF
: #!/some/interpreter foo bar bletch long-args more-long-args
: stuff for some interpreter
: EOF
: 
: ...I can get by the stupid 32 char two arg restriction in the kernel?
: Nifty.  S'pose that's one way.  'course, it means invoking Perl first
: (and even a shell, given this!).  Durn.

Sorry, I implemented the two arg restriction.  (But not the 32 char
restriction.)

: And just how *large* is patch9 up to now?

I don't know till I make the diffs, actually.  I'm speaking figuratively
when I say >>patch9.

: Must I reserve another 4Meg to hold the sources (or patches)?

Someone suggested another partition might be in order...

Larry