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Date:      Mon, 5 May 2003 13:47:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Len Zettel <zettel@acm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: #!/bin/sh
Message-ID:  <20030505134650.M3042@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
In-Reply-To: <3EB6B100.419D1ED4@acm.org>
References:  <3EB6B100.419D1ED4@acm.org>

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On Mon, 5 May 2003, Len Zettel wrote:

> Sorry for the intrusion.  I am in the very early
> stages of getting 5.0 up and running, and do
> not yet have it on the internet, which means my
> only communication with the wider world is now
> Windoze.
>
> Got a message your web interface was disabled.
>
> Ennahoo, the following comment at the appropriate
> place in your printer script example would have
> saved me a fair amount of heartburn:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # The above line specifies this script is to be run
> # under the Bourne shell.  It is command, not a
> # comment.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but this is such a fundamental
unix'y thing that adding such a comment would be a big waste of time.
Anyone who needs to know already does, and anyone who makes that mistake
only makes it once. :)

Doug

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