From: Andreas Gnau <Rondom_at_rondom.de>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:17:36 +0100

> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Jonas H=C3=A4ggqvist wrote:
>=20
>> Why aren't the scripts simply specifying /bin/bash rather than /bin/sh=
?
>=20
> Because it doesn't rely on bash. It basically relies on non-dash. It is=

> possible to run the script on other shells than just bash.
>=20
To be honest I'm too lazy to search for the exact reason, but what is
the exact reason for this? From my understanding /bin/sh should only be
used for POSIX-compliant scripts.


Received on 2008-01-21