source: postlfs/shells/ash.xml@ d4afab2

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  <!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 "2.2 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>
<indexterm zone="ash">
<primary sortas="a-ASH">ASH</primary></indexterm>

<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</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>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 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>
<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"?>

<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>

</sect1>