Ponyrun

Shebang your pony code

Usage

• Ensure ponyrun is on your PATH.
• Write your pony file
• Put a shebang in it, like this:

#!/usr/bin/env ponyrun

actor Main
  new create(env: Env) =>
    env.out.print("Hello World!")

• Make the file executable:

$ chmod +x hello.pony

• Make sure that ponyc is on your PATH or point the PONYC environment variable towards ypur ponyc executable.
• Execute it:

$ ./hello.pony

Usage with BINFMT_MISC

• Mount binfmt_misc (if it is not already done on your machine):

$ mount binfmt_misc -t binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc

• Register ponyrun as .pony file interpreter

$ echo ':ponylang:E::pony::/path/to/ponyrun:OC' | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register

Now you can remove the shebang from your .pony file and it will be executable nonetheless.

$ ./hello.pony