14 Oct
2007
14 Oct
'07
16:52
Glenn Holmer wrote:
On Saturday 13 October 2007 08:48, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Technically, when invoked as /bin/sh, BASH operates in its Bourne Shell compatibility mode, which deprives you of many of BASH's innovations. Use /bin/bash to get full functionality.
/bin/sh is a symlink to bash on 10.3
When you call an app or script, the first variable passed to it is the command used to call it. The app can then examine this and then change behaviour, based on the name called. So, while entering sh or bash will start the same code, how that code runs may be determined by the command used. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org