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Re: [opensuse] Installation methods
  • From: "Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 20:43:31 -0600
  • Message-id: <200702042043.32094.rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 04 February 2007 20:04, Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Monday 05 February 2007 02:59, Rajko M. wrote:
> > Anders example:
> > bash scriptname.sh
> > is in openSUSE equivalent to
> > sh scriptname.sh
> > in instructions on nVidia web site as sh is only symlink to bash.
>
> No, not exactly. When bash is called as "sh", it tries as far as possible
> to behave like older unix shells. There are differences (although they
> shouldn't be relevant for most scripts)

Obviously bad memory.
I read about that, but also completely forgot it, until I've seen your
comment.

Than it seems better to use
sh scriptname.sh
to avoid chance that something can go wrong.

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Regards, Rajko.
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