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[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-01-26 14:58, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:36:24 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2011-01-25 23:59, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>> Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, I guess you're right, didn't think there were a lot people who
>>>> used other shells. Since I almost know nothing about shell scripting
>>>> and
>>>> even less about non-bourne shells, will it be possible to port to other
>>>> shells? How much do they differ?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> /Jacob Carlborg
>>>
>>> To add to Lutger's message. I believe it is sh that is required by
>>> all Posix systems, or at least an equivalent. Similarly I think vi is
>>> also a requirement.
>>>
>>> In all likelyhood you probably used a Bash specific feature, but
>>> usually everyone has bash even if they use zsh... Though
>>> Ubuntu/Debian has started pointing /bin/sh to dash which is complaint
>>> with posix...
>>
>> Ok. I'll see I can use only sh.
>
> FWIW, /bin/sh is usually a symlink to bash, and it makes bash behave
> like the original Bourne Shell.

/bin/sh is not a symlink on Mac OS X. I guess I just can try to use sh 
instead of bash.

> I typically find /bin/sh features to be enough for implementing most
> scripts.

I have no idea. I need to be able use the following commands/functions:

export, source, builtin hash, rm, echo, exit, exec

> A good reference (if you don't have it) is Unix in a nutshell, probably
> my most used textbook.

Ok, I'll have a look.

> -Steve

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg