On Sep 1, 2009, at 5:15 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Martin Costabel<[email protected]> > wrote: >> Mark J. Reed wrote: >>> OK, now I'm confused. On my Leopard box (10.5.8), /bin/sh is a link >>> to bash - hm, a separate copy, actually - and behaves just like >>> bash >>> does in 'sh mode' on other platforms, including honoring -n in echo. >> >> Read "man bash" about the startup procedure. Bash behaves >> differently when >> it is started under the name "sh". > > I know. That's what I meant by "bash in 'sh mode'". Pasted from > Terminal: > > $ sh > sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello > Hellosh-3.2$ exit > $ sh --posix > sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello > Hellosh-3.2$ > > Are you sure you're not thinking of a developer prerelease of SL > rather than Leopard?]
I'm using Snow Leopard purchased from Apple. ben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ sh sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello -n Hello sh-3.2$ exit exit ben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ sh --posix sh-3.2$ echo -n Hello -n Hello sh-3.2$ exit exit ben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ echo -n Hello Helloben-abbotts-macbook-pro:~ bpabbott$ Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
