Re: [musl] Off topic question about shebang and exec()

[Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net>]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 04:15:38PM +0200, Paul Schutte wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I apologize for abusing the knowledge of the people on this list, but I
> know they will know the answer. Google does not provide a usable answer.
>
> I am busy writing a toy language and I would like it to be used as both a
> compiler and "interpreter"
>
> I would like it to compile the source and then run the resulting binary
> when the source file is called via the shebang and it should just do a
> normal compile when called with "compile code.src"
>
> argv[0] contains the path to the compiler in both cases, which makes sense.
>
> Is there any way to determine which method was used to call the compiler?
>
> Kind Regards
> Paul

Not to my knowledge. I would also consider it poor design to use a trick
like that. The normal assumption is that a shebang and just running the
command from command line are equivalent.

Normal solution here is to have a command line switch to select one
behavior or the other. That switch can be added to the shebang or the
command line, whatever you choose.

Ciao,
Markus