From: Matthias Kilian <kili@outback.escape.de>
Subject: Re: Support for /usr/bin/env -S (kind of)
To: Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 20:46:08 +0200

Hi,

On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 08:32:13AM +0200, Omar Polo wrote:
> Matthias Kilian <kili@outback.escape.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 06:23:45PM +0200, Manuel Giraud wrote:
> > > For example, one could make the following silly script:
> > > 
> > > #!/usr/bin/env -S cat -b -e
> > 
> > In addition to what other people already said, that #!/usr/bin/env
> > thing in general is an absolute antipattern IMHO.
> 
> no opinion on -S, but i'm curious about this, why do you think it's an
> antipattern?

Because the behaviour of the script then depends on the user's PATH.
You can do this for yourself (i.e. in something like ~/bin), but
if you install a script using #!/usr/bin/env system-wide (like
/usr/local/bin), other users who run your script may see something
different than you.

Ciao,
	Kili