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From: "Jerry D. Hedden" <jdhedden AT cpan DOT org>
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Subject: Re: 'read -p' in ash
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> According to its man page, 'ash' supports the '-p' option
> on 'read'.  However, the following:
>
>   #!/bin/ash
>   read -p'Hit <CR> to exit: ' x
>
> produces:
>
>   read: Illegal option -p
>
> Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

Delving into the source, it appears that 'ash' was built
with -DSMALL.  Unfortunately, there is no .README file to
let users know this.

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