RE: Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)

2002-10-24 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 07:39 2002-10-24, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > > > > You're most likely accustomed on your Linux system to "/bin/sh" > > > being BASH. On Cygwinm /bin/sh is ASH, and it is far more minimal > > > in its implementation of the POSIX shell standard, and does not > > >

Re: Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)

2002-10-24 Thread CBFalconer
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > > ... snip ... > > > > > > While there is an info file on bash, and even a man entry, there > > > seems to be nothing whatsoever about ash on the system. If we are > > > > Put "#!/bin/bash

RE: Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)

2002-10-24 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > > > > You're most likely accustomed on your Linux system to "/bin/sh" > > > being BASH. On Cygwinm /bin/sh is ASH, and it is far more minimal > > > in its implementation of the POSIX shell standard, and does not > > >

RE: Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)

2002-10-24 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > > You're most likely accustomed on your Linux system to "/bin/sh" > > being BASH. On Cygwinm /bin/sh is ASH, and it is far more minimal > > in its implementation of the POSIX shell standard, and does not > > provide "==" as an equivalent for "=" in the "test" (a.k.a.

Ash manual/info. (was: Re: "==" operand not found)

2002-10-23 Thread CBFalconer
Randall R Schulz wrote: > > You're most likely accustomed on your Linux system to "/bin/sh" > being BASH. On Cygwinm /bin/sh is ASH, and it is far more minimal > in its implementation of the POSIX shell standard, and does not > provide "==" as an equivalent for "=" in the "test" (a.k.a. "[") > bui