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Date: | Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:12:39 -0800 |
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Subject: | Re: bash vs sh in scripts |
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David Arnstein wrote: > Some cygwin packages install shell scripts that begin with the line > #!/bin/sh > The latest example is the smartd script that smartmontools installs in > /etc/rc.d/init.d. But there are many others. This seems to be standard > Linux usage. > > On some of my PCs, this causes the shell script to fail. In most > cases, I can fix this by replacing the above line with > #!/usr/bin/bash /bin/sh should exist and be a hard-link to /bin/bash. If this is not the case you have an installation problem. The bash postinstall script should ensure this. /bin vs. /usr/bin is meaningless since they're the same under cygwin. If you have no /bin/sh you will run into countless problems all over the place, such as anything that calls system(). Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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