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From: rob@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: magic numbers
Message-ID: <2639@alice.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 12:28:10 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  5 12:28:10 1984
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opus!rcd complains that the kernel has no business looking for the #!.
apparently, he doesn't understand that #! is a magic number, just like
0407 or 0413.  the string that is exec'ed is inside the header that the
kernel must read (note: must read; so much for 'no business opening' files)
to determine that the file is a binary and exec it.