On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:09 , Greg Donald wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand- 
> ruby / zenspider.com> wrote:
>> the problem is that /usr/bin/env absolutely sucks on linux. -w is  
>> not only
>> NOT passed as an argument to "ruby", it is considered part of ruby  
>> (eg "ruby
>> -w") and horks the exec.
>
> You can set $VERBOSE, $-w, or $-v to true to get the same effect as  
> ruby -w.

what about -s? or a myriad of other options...