From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 3 11:36:45 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 84167106568D for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (tunnel490.ipv6.xs4all.nl [IPv6:2001:888:10:1ea::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263148FC1A for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n83Bac10079055; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:36:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n83BabCw079054; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:36:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:36:37 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20090903113637.GA78802@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Polytropon , jerry M , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <423199.64505.qm@web110716.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20090903065938.9196791c.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090903065938.9196791c.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:36:43 +0200 (CEST) Cc: jerry M , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why /bin/sh doesn't like the line: if test "x$my_var" == "xyes"; then 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: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:36:45 -0000 On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 06:59:38AM +0200, Polytropon typed: > > > What > > is the version of /bin/sh currently used in 7.2? Where is it taken > > from? --version, -v, -version don't ever print version I guess due to > > FreeBSD policy of not versioning individual utilities. > > FreeBSD's Bourne shell does not have GNU long options such > as --version. According to the shell's manpage, -v is used > for verbosity, and -version isn't even defined. Refer to > "man sh" for more options. > > The parts of the base system (as in opposite to Linux where no > real "the OS" does exist) usually have the version of the > release, but to be more precise, the individual version can be > obtained from the source code. It can be found in /usr/src/bin/sh. > For example, I have > > @(#)main.c 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/28/95 > $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/main.c,v 1.29 2006/10/07 16:51:16 stefanf Exp $ > > in the source file main.c, and the Makefile indicates > > @(#)Makefile 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/5/95 > $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/Makefile,v 1.46 2006/04/17 17:55:11 schweikh Exp $ > > as its particular version number and date. Also, versions of all individual source files are usually displayed by ident(1): nih# ident /bin/sh /bin/sh: $FreeBSD: src/lib/csu/i386-elf/crti.S,v 1.7.20.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/lib/csu/i386-elf/crtn.S,v 1.6.20.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c,v 1.4.20.1.6.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/lib/csu/i386-elf/crt1.c,v 1.15.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/alias.c,v 1.20.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/arith.y,v 1.21.2.1.4.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/arith_lex.l,v 1.24.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/cd.c,v 1.35.2.1.4.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/bltin/echo.c,v 1.14.28.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/error.c,v 1.26.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/eval.c,v 1.54.2.1.4.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/exec.c,v 1.31.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/expand.c,v 1.51.2.2.4.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/histedit.c,v 1.29.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/input.c,v 1.23.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/jobs.c,v 1.72.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/mail.c,v 1.14.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/main.c,v 1.29.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/memalloc.c,v 1.27.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/miscbltin.c,v 1.35.2.1.2.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/mystring.c,v 1.13.28.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/options.c,v 1.25.2.2.4.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/output.c,v 1.20.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/parser.c,v 1.58.2.1.4.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/redir.c,v 1.26.28.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/show.c,v 1.23.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/test/test.c,v 1.53.20.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/trap.c,v 1.32.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ $FreeBSD: src/bin/sh/var.c,v 1.37.8.1 2009/04/15 03:14:26 kensmith Exp $ Ruben