ash documentation
David Collier
from_busybox_maillist at dexdyne.com
Thu May 12 12:29:00 UTC 2011
In article <20110507114042.GA9633 at lisa.in-ulm.de>, mascheck at in-ulm.de
(Sven Mascheck) wrote:
> *From:* Sven Mascheck <mascheck at in-ulm.de>
> *To:* busybox at busybox.net
> *Date:* Sat, 7 May 2011 13:40:42 +0200
>
> I am searching busybox ash documentation but haven't found any [1].
> (and I can't find any definitive statement that there's none,
> either.)
when I asked something similar I was pointed to
http://www.manpages.com/man/sh-linux-man-page/
>
> How do I find out about the changes which have been made to the dash
> which it was originally derived from - apart from wading through the
> git logs? I'm both interested in fixes and features [2].
>
> Are poeple supposed to find out about the very features by
> try&error,
> or by reading other ash manuals, and the opengroup specs?
>
> Are bash features only added to minimize surprises, that is, to grok
> existing scripts, and not so much to be used "as documented"?
> (how to debug subtle problems then?)
>
> Cheers
> -Sven
>
> [1] It's listed among the "currently available applets"
> in http://busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html and the source,
> but apparently it's the only applet without documentation.
>
> I've searched this mailing list and only found
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2007-June/thread.html#620
> 58
>
> [2] http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/ash/
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