On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 12:33 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: > On Tue, 12 May 2009, William L. Maltby wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 11:42 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: > > >>> For widest possible coverage, something like bash should be considered. > >> curious -- when coding under that criterion, I end up at: > >> /bin/sh > >> in my script's shebang ;) > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 1 17:17 /bin/sh -> bash > > > > As it should be. > > The use of a link is not a statement that /bin/sh behaves as > bash; the interpreter notes how it was called, and acts to > the shell dialect restrictions chosen by how it is invoked. Yep. See how much I had forgotten? Soon as I read those words, "Oh Yeah!" > > -- Russ herrold > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill (no holy war here, ever)
