From: Chris Hulan <chris.hulan@...>
Date: 2008-02-06T02:54:56+09:00
Subject: Re: how to say # in ruby

On Feb 4, 8:20 pm, Gerry Ford <w...@zaxfuuq.net> wrote:
> My second question is about the shebang line: #!
> I was surprised to find that it matters what's written here when using
> the windows platform.  There is no env folder in the bin folder, so if
> that's a path, then it's a path to nowhere.  What "should" the first
> line say?
> --

I don't think it does matter on windows.
To execute a ruby file (say by double-clicking) you need to have the
file associations
configured.

On *nix the shebang allows a similar function.
#!/usr/bin/env is not a path, it is the 'env' command in /usr/bin
#!/usr/bin/env ruby will find ruby on the PATH then execute it, saves
hard-coding the ruby path (but assumes env is in a standard location).

Cheers