source: archive/ash.xml

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  <!ENTITY ash-download-http " ">
  <!ENTITY ash-download-ftp  "ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware_source/ap/ash/ash-&ash-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY ash-md5sum        "1c59f5b62a081cb0cb3b053c01d79529">
  <!ENTITY ash-size          "118 KB">
  <!ENTITY ash-buildsize     "2.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY ash-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
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<sect1 id="ash" xreflabel="ASH-&ash-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="ash.html"?>


  <title>ASH-&ash-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ash">
    <primary sortas="a-ASH">ASH</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to ASH</title>

    <para><command>ash</command> is a shell that is the most compliant with
    the Bourne Shell (not to be confused with Bourne Again SHell i.e.,
    <application>Bash</application> installed in LFS) without any additional
    features. Bourne Shell is available on most commercial UNIX systems.
    Hence <command>ash</command> is useful for testing scripts to be
    <command>sh</command>-compliant. It also has small memory and space
    requirements compared to the other <command>sh</command>-compliant
    shells.</para>

    <caution>
      <para><application>Ash</application> has problems with command line
      editing in multibyte locales. The issue is discussed in more detail
      in the <xref linkend="locale-wrong-multibyte-characters"/> section
      of the <xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page.</para>
    </caution>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ash-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ash-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &ash-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &ash-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &ash-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &ash-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required Patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/ash-&ash-version;-cumulative_fixes-2.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ash"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of ASH</title>

    <para>Install <application>ASH</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ash-0.4.0-cumulative_fixes-2.patch &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m 755 sh /bin/ash &amp;&amp;
install -v -m 644 sh.1 /usr/share/man/man1/ash.1</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you would like to make <command>ash</command> the default
    <command>sh</command> shell, make a symlink.</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -sf ash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring ASH</title>

    <sect3 id="ash-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><application>ASH</application> sources
      <filename>/etc/profile</filename> and
      <filename>$HOME/.profile</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="ash ash-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-profile">/etc/profile</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="ash ash-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AHOME-.profile">$HOME/.profile</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ash</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Description</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="ash-prog">
        <term><command>ash</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a <command>sh</command>-compliant shell.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ash ash-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-ash">ash</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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