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bash scripting across linux and solaris

Subject: bash scripting across linux and solaris
From: lemmuh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (David Hummel)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:45:51 -0400
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Theodore Ruegsegger<gruntly-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> In particular, calling it sh enforces POSIX-compliance.

Not quite.  Historical versions of the Bourne shell are not
POSIX-compliant, but bash aims to be (which is the reason Debian
symlinks sh to bash).  So if you call bash as sh, it tries to behave
like sh without breaking POSIX-compliance.

My suggestion would be that if you're on GNU/Linux, write for bash,
don't be afraid of it.  It's a far superior shell to traditional
Bourne...

References:
- bash scripting across linux and solaris
  - From: adler-wRvlPVLobi1/31tCrMuHxg at public.gmane.org (Stephen Adler)
- bash scripting across linux and solaris
  - From: darose-prQxUZoa2zOsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org (David Rosenstrauch)
- bash scripting across linux and solaris
  - From: me-5yx05kfkO/aqeI1yJSURBw at public.gmane.org (Matthew Gillen)
- bash scripting across linux and solaris
  - From: gruntly-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Theodore Ruegsegger)

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