No brace expansion for ash?

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Mon Jul 11 15:28:45 UTC 2011


On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:24, Paul Smith wrote:
> We're talking about features that are available in scripts that begin
> #!/bin/sh, not features available in scripts that begin #!/bin/bash (or
> #!/bin/ash or #!/bin/hush).

busybox's shells allow you to (at build time) optionally enable some
bashisms.  apparently some people think we shouldnt be offering that
option.

anyone trying to debate POSIX-vs-bash shell programming in general
needs to go somewhere else.

(i'm not saying any of this applies to you)
-mike


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