Consider using env to find bash / perl for freebsd

[stephen304]

I would love to run this on my freenas box, but the scripts fail to run because perl and bash aren't in /bin.

Using #!/usr/bin/env bash seems to be the correct platform-agnostic way to invoke bash (or perl)

This fix is needed in ./iabak and flock.pl

[ghost]

A temporary workaround I have used is to create symbolic links in /bin/, but it's not an ideal solution.

[stephen304]

I think that's less ideal than editing both scripts since that would be modifying the system in an untrackable way (package manager might freak out).

#!/usr/bin/env bash and #!/usr/bin/env python both work on FreeBSD and regular flavors of Linux, so I think it's the proper solution.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17614643/how-do-i-get-a-bash-script-working-on-freebsd-openbsd-and-linux-without-modifyi

[db48x]

What about systems that don't have env?

[stephen304]

Sure, the env method doesn't work on all systems, but neither does using /bin/bash. It would at least be an improvement.

Alternatively, using /bin/sh instead of bash is a reliable way to make it work on a wide variety systems, but that doesn't solve invoking python, which is also broken on FreeBSD because of the hard coded path. (You guys seem to have used sh in the first script but not the second, which I don't quite understand.)

[jadzdotcom]

I ended up running an iohyve/bhyve Ubutnu VM to run this script on my FreeNAS server. I suspect the FreeNAS world could be a good contributor to this project. A plugin or streamlined setup method in the future would increase adoption (as I understand it they are moving away from their classic plugins in favor of VMs).