Hi Ian, On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:42:24AM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote: > I noticed some strange behaviour in the 'hush' shell when the 'sh' and > 'exit' commands are used: > > --------------------------------- > barebox:/ sh > barebox:/ exit > t: No such file or directory > barebox:/ echo $? > 127 > barebox:/ > --------------------------------- After some digging: in common/hush.c get_user_input() we have: static char the_command[CONFIG_CBSIZE]; This string is used for user input and is unfortunately shared between different shell instances. The 't' that is executed is the 't' from 'exit'. Try ' exit' instead and you'll see the shell trying to execute 'it' ;) the_command should be dynamically allocated, but since in_str is currently statically allocated there is no place in the code to free the_command again after usage. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox