Terminal bug: missing prompt

Jean-Marie Pacquet jm at pacquet.net
Mon Feb 25 21:54:39 CET 2008


Mark Trompell a écrit :
> It's only luck, that sh gives bash on Linux systems, not the real sh.
> People wouldn't leave the field empty if they would get the real sh
> behaviour.
>   
Oh no, it has nothing to do with luck. It's on purpose that /bin/sh is a 
link to /bin/bash on slackware. This allows to define a default shell 
for those who leave the field empty. So, if you want, you may define 
another default shell.
ash is quite popular on slackware:

    /ash (Kenneth Almquist's ash shell)/

        /A lightweight (92K) Bourne compatible shell. Great for machines
        with low memory, but does not provide all the extras of shells
        like bash, tcsh <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcsh>, and zsh
        <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsh>. Runs most shell scripts
        compatible with the Bourne shell. Note that under Linux, most
        scripts seem to use at least some bash-specific syntax. The
        Slackware setup scripts are a notable exception, since ash is
        the shell used on the install disks. NetBSD uses ash as its
        /bin/sh./

There are many other choices than the old "sh".
-- 
jmp




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