On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 03:11:56PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > > #! /bin/sh > a = 5 > > that's enough to make it happen. Run that, and you get: > > a: not found > > Interestingly enough, if you run that same script in a > Debian Linux environment, you get: > > ./testfile: line 2: a: command not found
This is actually just the difference between sh and bash. You'll see the latter error if you type `a = 5` in bash in any OS. It just so happens that most Linux distributions don't have a real sh: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -s Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ls -l `which bash sh` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 616248 Aug 13 2006 /bin/bash lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 25 20:36 /bin/sh -> bash -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
