"Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Feb 6, 2008 1:16 PM, Joerg Schilling
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Compared to bash, /bin/sh (the Burne Shell) is bug-free.
> > >
> > > I don't think you'll find many users that agree.
> >
> > This is because most bash users don't understand POSIX nor
> > care about bugs. They are not even interested in knowing the
> > reason for a problem.
>
> Exactly! So why not give them a shell that is POSIX and that is full
> featured and provides something that makes them feel much more at
> home.

If you like to give them a POSIX shell, you definitely don't need to 
replace /bin/sh.

People who don't write #!/bin/bash in their scripts, would even complain
because they don't see the bash bugs in ksh93.

Jörg

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