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RE: Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- Cc: CBFalconer <cbfalconer at yahoo dot com>, <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
> > Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > >
> > > You're most likely accustomed on your Linux system to "/bin/sh"
> > > being BASH. On Cygwinm /bin/sh is ASH, and it is far more minimal
> > > in its implementation of the POSIX shell standard, and does not
> > > provide "==" as an equivalent for "=" in the "test" (a.k.a. "[")
> > > built-in.
> >
> > While there is an info file on bash, and even a man entry, there
> > seems to be nothing whatsoever about ash on the system. If we are
> > not able to use the abilities of bash,
>
> Put "#!/bin/bash" (no quotes) at the top of the script in question and
> go nuts.
>
> As far as ash docs are concerned, a quick Google reveals little other
> than that ash apparently stands for "[Kenneth] Almquist's sh". You'll
> probably have more success looking for "POSIX shell standards".
'man sh' should get you the ash manpage.
Igor
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