Per �yvind Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Description : > The ash shell is a clone of Berkeley's Bourne shell. Ash supports all > of the standard sh shell commands, but is considerably smaller than > bash. The ash shell lacks some features (for example, command-line > histories), but needs a lot less memory. > > You should install ash if you need a lightweight shell with many of > the same capabilities as the bash shell.
Don't forget to mention that ash strifes for complete POSIX compliance and is therefor ideal for testing your shell-scripts for portability. # Han -- http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html
