Toby DiPasquale on 24 Aug 2007 14:14:45 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Bash presos?


On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 11:14:05PM -0400, JP Vossen wrote:
> Tips and Tricks: avoiding common goofs in bash scripts
> 	19 slides, reasonably stand-alone

+1 for this one.

> Note the bash v. dash thing is useful because as of Ubuntu 6.10 /bin/sh 
> --> dash, *not* bash as most (but not all) other Linux distros 
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh).  The default shell for 
> interactive use is still bash, but if you work on init scripts, for 
> example, there are differences that will cause you problems. 
> Unfortunately, bash != dash != ash != Bourne != Busybox.

I've actually taken to simply replacing dash with bash on my Ubuntu EC2
images b/c the Amazon code assumes bash (it was all written for
RedHat-inspired distros).

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Toby DiPasquale
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