[File] /usr/bin and /bin

[Christos Zoulas]

Hi, I am annoyed by that too (but not yet to the level that I have sat down
to think how to fix it :-)

christos

> On May 27, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering something. There are distributions that have /bin and /sbin
> symlinked to /usr/bin and /usr/sbin respectively. Because files could be in
> either place, there are tests like:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> echo DEFANGED.2
> exit
> #!\ /bin/bash
> #!\ /usr/bin/bash
> #!\ /usr/local/bash
> #!\ /usr/local/bin/bash
> 
> and the same would apply to any other script with a shebang. Could this be
> solved programmatically rather than having to do this throughout the magic db
> for every script? I'm thinking this could make the magic db smaller and lower
> the maintenance associated.
> 
> Best Regards,
> -Steve
> 
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