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From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto
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> From: mark@dotar.thuvia.org (Mark Valentine)
> Date: Sun 27 Oct, 2002
> Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to a Standards Ghetto

>     #!/bin/sh
> 
>     PATH=$(command -p getconf PATH) sh /my/standard/script "$@"

Doh.  This is FreeBSD, and I hope we never need a /usr/posix sh.

All we need to state is "Use #!/bin/sh and set PATH=$(command -p getconf PATH)
at the start of your script".

My own "portable" scripts can do their own worrying about how to bootstrap a
Standard shell.

		Cheers,

		Mark.

-- 
Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk>       <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>
"Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich."       Mark Valentine uses
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