From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 1 21:46:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 711CD106568F for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:46:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28D708FC16 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nB1LjMMI000762; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:45:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:45:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:45:55 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20091201214554.GA98830@thought.org> References: <560275.79074.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4B15774A.5040700@lazlarlyricon.com> <20091201224210.15ab009d.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091201224210.15ab009d.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rolf G Nielsen Subject: Re: bash script question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0000 On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:42:10PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:06:34 +0100, Rolf G Nielsen wrote: > > Why are you using bash? To make a shell script as portable as possible, > > use /bin/sh. Bash is a third party shell, that isn't included in a base > > installation (you're not using bash as root's shell, are you?). By using > > /bin/sh, you make sure the script will run without having to install any > > ports. > > That's a very good advice. Using sh is strongly recommended > for maximal portability. Use sh if you're not requiring > features that are bash-only. > > Hi guys, Here's a bash-related question, kind-of. Is there any way to automagically run my .csrhc thru a script and wind up with a bash script? gary > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php