On Thursday 13 December 2007 01:04:48 am Frantisek Dufka wrote: > Laurent MARTIN wrote: > > Any idea on how I could simulate .bashrc, specially 'alias' > > command? TIA. > > Busybox shell (ash) is pretty good, you need bash only for > bash-isms. From you post it looks like you don't need bash at all. > Maybe most people wanting bash on device don't realize busybox ash > is good enough (and possibly faster and less memory hungry). > Aliases work too of course, it is standard Bourne shell. There is > also tab completion and 'normal' line editing. > > As for .bashrc you can have it working with ash too. Just create > ~/.profile with something like: > > # ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells. > > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then > . ~/.bashrc > fi > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/ >usr/bin/X11 export PATH > > mesg n > > > and ~/.bashrc > > # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells. > > export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' > umask 022 > > # You may uncomment the following lines if you want `ls' to be > colorized: # export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto' > # eval "`dircolors`" > # alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS' > # alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -l' > alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lA' > > > and it works. You can also set ENV to ~/.bashrc to have it read for > every shell (not just login shell from .profile) > export ENV=~/.bashrc > > Frantisek ash for me is fine. I just miss vim right now.... *grin* but you do bring up a point to remember. Don't forget the .profile. Just curious. Does the IT do colors? James PS.
