Re: binfmt_script and ^M

[Peter Samuelson]

[Jeff Coy]
> this issue came up frequently with customers uploading scripts in
> binary mode trying to run #!/usr/bin/perl^M.  The solution for me was
> to just do the following:
> 
> 	cd /usr/bin
> 	sudo ln -s perl^V^M perl

So none of your customers tried '#!/usr/bin/perl -w^M'?  (Come on,
doesn't everyone use -w?)

I'm not for treating \r as IFS in the kernel, but the "simple one-time"
solution is not perfect..

Peter