On Tuesday, 19 November 2002 at  5:09:27 +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
> I want to install a script that will be run as an executable which isn't a 
> big problem on *nix, just put:
> #!<path_to_ruby>
> on the first line and make the file executable.
> 
> However <path_to_ruby> can vary depending on which flavor of *nix or even 
> which flavor of Linux you're using and how ruby was installed.
> 
> So my question is, does install.rb take care of this?  ie. for each script 
> in your package's /bin directory does it prepend the #!<path_to_ruby> 
> prior to installing the script?
> 
> Also...  I would guess that unless you're running cygwin under Windows 
> that install.rb wouldn't be too useful for installing a package on the 
> Windows platform, correct?
> 

What about using 

#! /usr/bin/env ruby


-- 
Jim Freeze
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