[aklug] Re: (ana)cron & Linux Counter update script

On my box, sh is linked to bash. I'm certain that will give me plenty to figure out for the moment :-)

I assume in my case I can use '#!/bin/sh' & '#!/bin/bash' interchangeably?

Jim G

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From: "Jeremy Austin" <jhaustin@gmail.com>
To: "Alaska Linux Users Group" <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 9:41:48 PM
Subject: [aklug] Re: (ana)cron & Linux Counter update script

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com> wrote:

> If you want it to be bash, use
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> Some systems link /bin/sh to dash, or some other shell which is really
> stripped down, and does not match bash behavior in many areas.

Or even tcsh, which was the default in Mac OS X for a few years.

jermudgeon
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