Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:01:07 +0100 From: Joerg Pernfuss <jp@bsdgroup.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com>, karol.kwiat@gmail.com Subject: Re: [OT] Does "~" always point to $HOME? Message-ID: <20070126160107.0e5c8646@loki.starkstrom.lan> In-Reply-To: <45BA0E5A.6030503@gmail.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0701251138500.18233@hymn07.u.washington.edu> <ba29b9b40701252251p1e6df8f1xcded017655acbcb2@mail.gmail.com> <20070126070730.GA10081@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <45BA0E5A.6030503@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:21:14 +0100 Karol Kwiatkowski <karol.kwiat@gmail.com> wrote: > > While that's true for most shells, bash, csh, tcsh, etc., it > > doesn't work on true Bourne /bin/sh shells (e.g. SCO OpenServer > > 5.0.6a and earlier and probably others with Bell Labs ancestors). > > Not sure what I'm missing, is FreeBSD's /bin/sh shell not "true" > Bourne Shell? Was it extended in some way from traditional one? FreeBSD /bin/sh is actually an ash, which roughly translates into a POSIX shell with a few additions that do not break compatibility. At least that is how I understood it. Joerg -- | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | e86d b753 3deb e749 6c3a | | \ / campaign against | 0xbbcaad24 | 5706 1f7d 6cfd bbca ad24 | | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is true. | | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was a lie. | -- | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | e86d b753 3deb e749 6c3a | | \ / campaign against | 0xbbcaad24 | 5706 1f7d 6cfd bbca ad24 | | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is true. | | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was a lie. |
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