source: postlfs/shells/ash.xml@ 518538f

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY ash-version "0.4.0">
<!ENTITY ash-download-http " ">
<!ENTITY ash-download-ftp "ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/slackware_source/ap/ash/ash-&ash-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY ash-size "118 KB">
<!ENTITY ash-buildsize "2.7 MB">
<!ENTITY ash-time "0.06 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="ash" xreflabel="ASH-&ash-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="ash.html"?>
<title>ASH-&ash-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>ASH</application></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 <acronym>LFS</acronym>) without any additional features.
Bourne Shell is available on most commercial
<acronym>UNIX</acronym> systems. Hence <command>ash</command> is useful for testing
scripts to be <command>sh</command>-compliant. It also has a small memory and space requirements
compared to the other <command>sh</command>-compliant shells.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink 
url="&patch-root;/ash-&ash-version;-cumulative_fixes-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>ASH</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../ash-0.4.0-cumulative_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
install -m 755 sh /bin/ash &amp;&amp;
install -m 644 sh.1 /usr/share/man/man1/ash.1</command></userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput><command>ln -sf ash /bin/sh</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>ASH</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><application>ASH</application> sources <filename>/etc/profile</filename>
and <filename>$HOME/.profile</filename></para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>ASH</application> package contains <command>ash</command>,
a <command>sh</command> compliant shell.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>ash</title>
<para><command>ash</command> is a <command>sh</command>-compliant shell.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>