Denis Heidtmann wrote: > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Fred James <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> >>> I just found this: >>> $ ls -l /bin/sh >>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2009-06-10 16:51 /bin/sh -> dash >>> >>> On another system sh -> bash, so that I just assumed... >>> >>> what is dash, he asks, and wonders if it bears on this issue. >>> >>> >> Denis Heidtmann >> The '->' means that '/bin/sh' is linked to 'dash' (the 'l' in >> 'lrwxrwxrwx') ... see 'man ln' for more detail. >> Regards >> Fred James >> >> > > I understand the link. My question is really about the characteristics and > behavior of dash. On (someone else's particular) Debian system bash is a > newer version and sh links to bash. > > The fundamental question is: How can I pass an argument to sourced script in > dash when the script is specified using its fully qualified path? > > -Denis > Denis Heidtmann I did find this for what it is worth ... "dash is a minimal shell that is primarily meant to meet POSIX bourne shell standards (i.e. BSD's /bin/sh)" ... <http://www.linux-archive.org/ubuntu-masters-universe/136080-bash-vs-dash.html> using a google of: linux dash Regards Fred James
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