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From: "linda w \(cyg\)" <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Bourne Shell Programming on Windows
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:54:30 -0700
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Randall R Schulz
> TAM,
>
> Cygwin includes ash, BASH and pdksh (as well as zsh and tcsh), so the
> answer is pretty much "yes," though with BASH you might want to
> investigate its Bourne shell compatibility mode. I'm unfamiliar with
> any details of pdksh's Bourne compatibility, but it should be pretty
> close or perhaps have a Bourne shell compatibility mode as BASH does.
===

	Isn't 'ash' (/bin/sh) bourne shell compatible?  I thought the
intent in ashwas to strip the shell down to basics, but still run original
bourne shell scripts.  I'm not sure, but I think ash might provide
the closest bourne shell compatibility, since I don't think it provides
all the ksh enhancements.

	Assuming one only wanted the basic bourne shell, wouldn't ash
(/bin/sh)
be the best choice (smallest .exe, least overhead, and fastest load
time).  I believe it is the shell used by default for /bin/sh.

	If you need korn shell extensions, /bin/sh might not have what you
need.
-linda



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