From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2002-06-22T18:31:07+09:00
Subject: Re: a Perl script's interaction with Ruby's system call

Hi,

At Sat, 22 Jun 2002 09:25:18 +0900,
Ned Konz wrote:
> On Friday 21 June 2002 12:44 pm, Bil Kleb wrote:
> > I'm trying to invoke a perl script (epstopdf) with Ruby's system
> > command on a x86 box running GNU/Linux (RH7.2) which begins with
> > the following trickery:
> >
> >  eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' && eval
> > 'exec perl -S $0 $argv:q' if 0; use strict;
> 
> > Is there a way to use Ruby's system command with the more general
> > 'epstopdf' system call and the above style of perl trickery?
> 
> --- epstopdf (make sure that it's on the PATH, and that it's chmod +x)
> #! /usr/bin/env perl
> ... other stuff

Now ruby can't run a script without #! line (ruby-bugs:PR#315).

-- 
Nobu Nakada