Hi Hayden, Okay, but after this we really really need to get back on topic. This is way off topic. Smile.
The name Bash is an achronim for Born Again Shell. Unlike Dos that has a single user interface, a common shell environment you might say, different brands of Unix like BSD, Solaris, Sco, etc all developed their own shell environments independantly like the Born shell, Ash, Corn shell, and a few others I can't remember. To make a long story short when Linux came along the open source community decided to create a free and open source shell environment similar to the Born shell and called it the Born Again Shell or Bash for short. Over time Bash pretty much became the open source and Unix standard, and is by far the most popular shell environment on the market. Not only is it the default for every Linux operating system out there Mac OSX uses Bash as its shell environment too. As for the term shell it means exactly that. A shell is simply a basic input output system for the operating system that allows you to interact with the OS by using simple instructions like cd to change directory or del to delete a file. It is called a shell because it provides a low-level shell that everything else including the graphical user interface is built upon. Even in an operating system like Windows 7 the Windows shell is still there. It is just buried under so much graphical stuff the average person doesn't know it is there. However, if you boot Windows and bring up the Windos 7 boot menu you'll see an option to boot to command prompt mode. This is basicly a new name for MS Dos mode. As much as Microsoft tries to hide it the Windows shell is still there and if you know how to get to it Windows XP, Windos Vista, and Windows 7 still have a low-level shell similar to MS Dos that everything is just built on. Linux isn't that much different, but unlike Microsoft they don't try to bury the shell under lots of graphical user interfaces and act like it isn't there. Cheers! On 11/4/10, Hayden Presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > Just one more thing...where does "shell" and "bash" come from? > > Best Regards, > Hayden --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
