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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 15:53:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: "James A. Sutherland" <jas88@cam.ac.uk>
To: Sean Hunter <sean@dev.sportingbet.com>
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Sean Hunter wrote:

>
> I propose
> /proc/sys/kernel/im_too_lame_to_learn_how_to_use_the_most_basic_of_unix_tools_so_i_want_the_kernel_to_be_filled_with_crap_to_disguise_my_ineptitude
>
> Any support?

Hrm - make it part of the "fscking_moron" subsystem.

/proc/sys/kernel/fscking_moron/stupidity_workarounds/cant_handle_ascii/broken_shellscript_hack

It would be nice if the shell's error message gave a bit more information
on the problem, but that's a userspace issue IMHO: make *sh check for this
kind of mistake and say "interpreter for shell script not found",
something like that. Whatever, it's NOT a kernel issue.

Maybe the kernel could return a different error value, though - just
saying "file not found" isn't very helpful...


James.

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