Addition in bash

[David N. Lombard]

Florian Diesch wrote:
> James Michael Fultz <croooow at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> * David N. Lombard <dnl at speakeasy.net> [2009-10-14 06:23 -0700]:
>>> Ray Parrish wrote:
>>>>> #!/usr/bin/env bash
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>
>>> env is used when you don't know the absolute path of the binary.  bash 
>>> is /bin/bash--to move it elsewhere would cause intense carnage.
>> Generally a safe assumption on GNU/Linux, but not so on other Unix-like
>> platforms.  It could be '/usr/pkg/bin/bash' on NetBSD, or
>> '/usr/local/bin/bash' on FreeBSD or Solaris, etc.
> 
> If you want a script to run on other platforms you should try to use
> POSIX /bin/sh instead of bash.

Fortunately, modulo the shbang line, everything discussed so far on this 
thread has also been POSIX and Korn compatible.

-- 
David N. Lombard