[BusyBox] lash - alternative symlink

bhoc at pentagroup.ch bhoc at pentagroup.ch
Wed May 16 01:04:24 UTC 2001


Larry wrote:

> Is hush getting close to your needs?  What ash features
> are most urgently missing?  I hope it's not functions,
> aliases, or case/esac, those get pretty complicated.

Yes indeed I use ash for things like case...esac and the like, ie to 
tackle my init scripts.
For the operator to hack/play/test around I prefer lash, mainly because of 
command history etc
which ash doesn't offer.

> For the moment, just hack
>                APPLET(sh, shell_main, _BB_DIR_BIN)
> to
>                APPLET(lash, shell_main, _BB_DIR_BIN)
> in applets.h.  I'm not sure it's worth adding this
> as a configuration option.

I'll try the APPLET( hack. I had a peek at it but feared it might break 
other things.


With Kind Regards

Benedikt Hochstrasser
(tictactux at surfeu in ch)






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