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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