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+#!/bin/sh
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+#
+# spack-python
+#
+# If you want to write your own executable Python script that uses Spack
+# modules, on Mac OS or maybe some others, you may be able to do it like
+# this:
+#
+#   #!/usr/bin/env spack python
+#
+# Mac OS supports the above syntax, but it's not standard and most Linuxes
+# don't support more than one argument after the shebang command.  This
+# script is a workaround. Do this in your Python script instead:
+#
+#   #!/usr/bin/env spack-python
+#
+# This is compatible across platforms.
+#
+/usr/bin/env spack python "$@"