Why shouldn't he learn Bash? All the Linux init scripts are in Bash, the %pre and %post scripts in RPMs are in Bash, and lots of other system management scripts are in Bash, so it seems like it makes more sense to learn Bash.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Generating and fstab from list of mounted file systems On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, James Melin wrote: > While the script I have to do this is crude by most people's > standards, I'd be happy to share. Just be gentle. My bash script > skills are still on a learning curve. Share it! We could all learn from what you've done. Also, learn shell, not BASH. If you need BASH-specific functions or capability, externalize those steps. (I omit the details of this for now.) But remember in all cases, shell is a write-only language. That is, whatever you code in shell script will be nigh unto impossible for others to read. ;-) -- R; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
