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[Stephen Clement <s.clement AT sympatico.ca>]

sindi keesan wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>
> > sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> > > The ash shell in BL3 is part of busybox
> >
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > perhaps I should also download the ash from
> > > dietlibc?
> >
> >
> > No need.
>
>
> I installed it already and got /bin/ash 61K.  If it is identical to 
> what is in busybox I will remove it and put back vt1 to /bin/sh.
>  I installed the SW40 ash.tgz

You might as well just use the busybox one.

> > For BL3:  /etc/inittab
> > For BL2:  /etc/passwd
>
>
> I edited inittab but have not yet rebooted.  To run tcsh and zsh will 
> I need to make up .login .cshrc .zshrc etc. before using those 
> terminals?  I hope ash and bash can just use profile.

Probably .login, but besides that no.

> > > I also need bash to install dosemu - is it enough
> > > to just have it on the computer?
> >
> >
> > If your script starts with  #!/bin/bash  it will
> > look for bash in the /bin directory.
>
>
> #!/bin/sh is what it looked for.  Perhaps I should change the script 
> and try to install again.  #!/bin/bash instead of /sh?  Dosemu did not 
> work after apparently installing okay.

Just set them to #!/bin/shell . Replace shell with whatever shell you're 
using...

> > > ash and bash (clones of UNIX Bourne shell bsh)
> > > sh - don't know what this is, another clone of bsh?
> >
> >
> > No, sh is the generic name for that family of shells.
> > /bin/sh usually links to bash or ash or bsh.  And the
> > scripts usually start with:  #!/bin/sh
>
>
> In BL3 it islinked to busybox =ash?
> I found ash and sh man pages, wih sh linked to ash.

Yes, in BL3 they are symlinked.

> > > I have installed bash and tcsh from SW40 and I will
> > > install also the full ash (package around 50K)
> >
> >
> > No point installing ash.  BL3 already has the full ash.
> >
> > > I also saw mention of sash (standalone sh) and scsh
> > > (scheme sh).
> >
> >
> > There are many different shells around, some very small.
> > One of the smallest is msh (which is used by the loop
> > version of BL3 to do the housekeeping necessary to mount
> > the loop file).  If you have the loop version of BL3,
> > you can execute msh like this:
> > --------------
> > /initrd/bin/sh
> > --------------
> > It is not user-friendly -- I removed help to save space.
>
> Currently using the hd version.  Will play with this another time.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
Stephen Clement

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