Why can't run.exe execute a shebang script directly?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Oct 24 06:05, John Wiersba wrote:
> I would have thought cygwin1.dll contains the code necessary to do this, like the linux kernel does.  Can it be added to the dll or does it have to be added to each executable individually, such as bash.exe, run.exe, etc.?
> 
>   bash$ /bin/run ./try
>   run FATAL: Could not start D:\ftp\try

run.exe doesn't start the executable via a Cygwin function, but via a
Windows call.  There's no chance for the DLL to handle shebangs.


Corinna

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