dash ( and the new world order )

David Balazic david.balazic at hermes.si
Mon Sep 18 10:37:50 BST 2006


Jérémie Corbier wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 02:20:50PM -0300, Evandro Fernandes 
> Giovanini wrote:
> > Bash is the *standard* shell of the GNU system, and it's fully
> > compatible with POSIX.
> 
> Well, it is indeed compatible with POSIX but it provides a 
> lot of extensions

Actually it is not 100% compatible, but can be made so with an option:
POSIXLY_CORRECT env variable.

See http://www.wlug.org.nz/POSIXLY_CORRECT or bash docs for details.

Regards,
David



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