> 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.
Until you encounter your first non-Linux Unix box, and then a lot of the pretty extensions to bash don't work in real Bourne shell, and you're SOL. Bourne shell is upward compatible with bash. The reverse is not true. He should learn bash. He should also be aware of when he uses an extension to /bin/sh to know when it won't work, too. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
