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| author | Tim Cuthbertson <tim@gfxmonk.net> | 2015-12-06 10:39:25 +1100 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com> | 2016-01-05 13:46:05 +0100 |
| commit | 36b9ce24b11a87b3e71f4f4fec9f3e5ad6af7b95 (patch) | |
| tree | 42fa6008824312c4dd251d1882ae7a70101f1462 | |
| parent | 607d91517e3b36837d4a0a9df3e3d7890f394169 (diff) | |
doc: Clarify why multiple arguments are not supported in shebang line
It's not a limitation of `/usr/bin/env`, it's just how the OS processes shebang lines
(see http://stackoverflow.com/a/4304187)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml index 9e3e6d188..a13d9d7c1 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml @@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ dependencies in Nixpkgs.</para> <para>The lines starting with <literal>#! nix-shell</literal> specify <command>nix-shell</command> options (see above). Note that you cannot write <literal>#1 /usr/bin/env nix-shell -i ...</literal> because -<command>/usr/bin/env</command> does not support passing options to -the interpreter.</para> +many operating systems only allow one argument in +<literal>#!</literal> lines.</para> <para>For example, here is a Python script that depends on Python and the <literal>prettytable</literal> package: |