From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-03-07T20:52:15+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif v. elsif ??

On 3/7/07, 7stud 7stud <dolgun@excite.com> wrote:
> Another question.  The tutorial says:
>
> >Save this file as "ri20min.rb", and run it as "ruby ri20min.rb".
>
> and at the top of the file is the shebang:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> If you run the program using 'ruby filename', do you need the shebang?
That is correct
> I read something that said you only need the shebang if you want to
> execute programs using just the filename, e.g.:
>
> $ HelloWorld.rb
exactly
>
> also what does 'env' do?  I read the man pages on the env function, and
> I can't figure out what it does in the shebang.
It runs a program in a modified environment, it is frequently used in
the shebang because it is normally in a standard location while ruby
itself might be in
different locations e.g. /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.
It is a trick to get this information from the "environment".
 But is is not always a good idea, try

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w

it does not work -w is interpreted by env not by ruby :(
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Robert
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