On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 08:44 -0700, jim stockford wrote: > which distro and what release? > $ # suggests BASH, generally sh is a link to bash, > # is there a /bin/sh program for real, not just a symlink?
Well, it'd be hubris to call a program simply "sh", as if it were /the/ sh... but originally, sh was a program in its own right (the original Bourne shell). And while sh is almost always a link, it won't necessarily be to bash. I think most folks on this list will be surprised to learn that Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) will have /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/dash. This has resulted in a need to fix a variety of broken Makefiles that assumed bash extensions were available in /bin/sh, but it has also made dramatic differences in boot time and other important areas. IIRC, ash was also a popular sh for some folks. And, of course, there are those that have it pointed at the Korn shell, which is, after all, a POSIX-compliant shell. -Micah ---------------------------------- Barracuda Networks makes the best spam firewalls and web filters. www.barracudanetworks.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech