Re: [newbie] the origin's of bash?
Anthony wrote: http://www.d.kth.se/~d96-jja/bash/bashtut.html#history Basically it's the GNU replacement for sh. Does anyone know where bash came from? -- Anthony http://binaryfusion.net Press any key to continue, or any other key to quit. Origenally there was the bourne shell in unix, when linus needed a shell he revived it,improved it and called it the bourne again shell or bash !! Cheers
Re: [newbie] the origin's of bash?
http://www.d.kth.se/~d96-jja/bash/bashtut.html#history Basically it's the GNU replacement for sh. Does anyone know where bash came from? Origenally there was the bourne shell in unix, when linus needed a shell he revived it,improved it and called it the bourne again shell or bash !! Jeez, RMS is pulling his hair out! Check the link above. It's not from Linus; he's responsible for the kernel. It's from the GNU project, and the name is a joke. (Bourne again shell) It couldn't be called a Bourne shell, which is what shipped from ATT, but it's a drop in replacement superset of the old Bourne shell. All the old !sh scripts I've ever tried run correctly under bash, and /bin/sh is usually a link to bash. MB
[newbie] the origin's of bash?
Does anyone know where bash came from?
Re: [newbie] the origin's of bash?
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:01:25PM -0600 or thereabouts, Mark Johnson wrote: Does anyone know where bash came from? Like most anything in Linux, it stems from UNIX. The Bourne shell was, I believe the first shell, (window to the kernel) 30 years ago. This shell was revised over the years, and it was spun off with enhanced functionality into Bash, which stands for Bourne again shell. There are several shells for use, i.e. Csh (sea shell), in which shell scripts are written in C, Ksh- Korn shell, Ash, etc... Each has their own advantages and way of script writing, etc.. HTH -- Best regards, Gary Today's thought: Before you criticize someone walk a mile in his shoes. That way if he gets angry he'll be a mile away -- and barefoot.
