On Oct 26, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Meanor, Tim wrote:
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.
Linux init scripts *should* be in POSIX sh. And I think you'll find that in well-written rpms, the shell requirement is /bin/sh, which is only guaranteed to be Bourne shell compatible and may or may not have the bash bells and whistles. Yeah, on Linux systems these days, /bin/sh generally *is* bash, but you shouldn't rely on that, and not all the world is Linux. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
