Re: shebang line, gives syntax error

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 05:54:40PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:
> 
> I have put a shebang-line
> in the very first line of
> a .gp file, like:
> 
> #!/usr/local/bin/gp
> 
> When I let that file run itself,
> it mentions:
> 
> parisize = 8000000, primelimit = 500000, nbthreads = 8
>   ***   syntax error, unexpected '/': #!/usr/local/bin/gp
>   ***                                   ^-----------------
> ... skipping file '<redacted>.gp'
> 
> How to make gp ignore that shebang-line?

Sorry, I do not know anyway to do that, and the shebang-line allows for
a single option anyway

One way is 

# /bin/sh
gp -f -q -D output=0 << 'EOF'
...
...
...
EOF

THe only way I see to fix that would be to hande
#!/ as the start of the line as a comment.

Cheers,
Bill.