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From: trost@reed.bitnet (Bill Trost,Box 607,ext 640,)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: Re: BASH and Bourne Shell scripts
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Date: 23 Feb 90 20:45:13 GMT
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>If the system call exec () didn't exec the file, then
>bash assumes that the file is a bash script.  Not a bad assumption, and
>in fact, the same assumption that /bin/sh makes.

What, the Bourne shell assumes files are bash scripts when exec()
fails?  Nahhhh...

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