From: efriedNOspam@... (e)
Date: 2008-06-28T13:02:35+09:00
Subject: Re: changing the shebang of ruby files best way ?

In article <1ij7ltk.jdqdo9zynmjxN%unbewusst.sein@weltanschauung.com.invalid>, unbewusst.sein@weltanschauung.com.invalid (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une_B=E9v?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ue?=) wrote:
>I've a lot of ruby files (grabed from net) having a wrong shebang for my
>setup.
>
>actual shebang is :
>#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
>
>and i need to change it to :
>#! /usr/bin/env ruby -w
>
>that way i'll get the ruby in my PATH and not a fixed ruby.
>
>what i plan to do :
>
>detect if the shebang isn't correct and if true :
> move the file to a temp directory
> create a new with "good" shebang having path/name of the previous
>
>
>remove the tmp dir
>
>but i wonder, because i know i have to change the first line only, if i
>could change the uncorrect file "in place" even if my shebang line is
>longer (4 chars) than the preceeding one ????

Just create a symbolic link to /usr/bin and leave the shebang