From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Help please; where is sh.exe ???
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:58:32 -0500
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Grizz wrote:
> 
> Where can I find sh.exe for DJGPP or does it even exist for DJGPP? I have
> wanted to compile source files in the past that needed sh.exe. Mainly
> source distributions that include a configure file. I have looked but
> can't seem to find it. Any help would be appreciated.

The 'bash' shell is the only Unixy shell that's been successfully ported
to DJGPP so far.  It is capable of running shell scripts that require
'sh'.  The latest ported version of bash can be downloaded from SimTel
as 'v2gnu/bshXXXXb.zip'.

In order to get sh shell scripts to use bash, you'll need to create a
DJGPP-style symlink to it named 'sh.exe'.  This is the barest bones
example of how to use bash; for details I highly recommend reading the
documentation!

hth

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