Re^5: Can I get a -S switch that doesn't care about the execute bit?

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in thread Can I get a -S switch that doesn't care about the execute bit?

It should be fairly trivial, simply locate the point where -x is tested, and add conditional (!SvTRUE( get_sv("sx::y"))

In file util.c in function Perl_find_script

        if (S_ISREG(PL_statbuf.st_mode)
        && cando(S_IRUSR,TRUE,&PL_statbuf)
#if !defined(DOSISH)
        && !SvTRUE( get_sv("sx::y")
        && cando(S_IXUSR,TRUE,&PL_statbuf)
#endif
        )
        {
        xfound = tmpbuf;        /* bingo! */
        break;
        }
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and accompanying badly named pragma

package sx::y;
$sx::y = $VERSION = 0.01;
1;
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when you recompile perl, use as perl -Msx::y -S foo

Untested, so not in patch form

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Re^6: Can I get a -S switch that doesn't care about the execute bit? by DrWhy (Chaplain) on Aug 23, 2011 at 18:43 UTC
Of course the pragma should be properly named 'sexy.pm'. --DrWhy "If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."	[reply]

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