From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com (Mikey)
Subject: Re: type command
2 May 1998 06:48:18 -0700
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On Fri, 1 May 1998 10:44:44 +0100, you wrote:

>Bob McGowan writes:
> > In b19, the sh.exe is a different shell, based on something called ash.
> > It does not support the shell built-in command "type" (to check, run
> > "sh"
> > from the bash command line, then put in the command "type type".  The
> > ash
> > shell generates the output "type: not found" while bash says "type is a
> > shell builtin").  The make is probably running "sh" so if it is actually
> > ash then you have problems.  Rename sh.exe to ash.exe (if you want to
> > keep
> > it), then copy bash.exe to sh.exe.  Hopefully this will fix the problem.
>
>Given that ash.exe is no use for commands like make, is there a good
>reason why sh.exe, which one is recommended to copy into /bin so that
>it is available for make, is actually ash.exe, which is no use for
>make?

Incorrect, ash.exe is the only /bin/sh that will work under win95
to configure/compile the CDK

/bin/sh == bash.exe crashes 95
so does make check in the ...src/bash dir of the CDK

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