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Subject: Re: binfmt_script and ^M
To: irt@cistron.nl (Ivo Timmermans)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:54:40 +0000 (GMT)
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> > > (\r\n), Linux 2.4.2 can't find an interpreter because it doesn't
> > > recognize the \r.  The following patch should fix this (untested).
> > 
> > Fix the script. The kernel expects a specific format
> 
> For what reason?  Is it a standard to not allow it, or does it break
> other things?

The line terminator is \n so if you have

#!/usr/bin/perl\r\n

Then the command to run is "/usr/bin/perl\r" - and \r is a valid file name
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