1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY dash-download-http "http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/files/dash-&dash-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY dash-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY dash-md5sum "5c152209680dab3c319e8923f6c51378">
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10 | <!ENTITY dash-size "220 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY dash-buildsize "2.8 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY dash-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="dash" xreflabel="Dash-&dash-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="dash.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>Dash-&dash-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="dash">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-Dash">Dash</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to Dash</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para><application>Dash</application> is a POSIX compliant shell. It can be
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33 | installed as /bin/sh or as the default shell for either <systemitem
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34 | class="username">root</systemitem> or a second user with a userid of 0. It
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35 | depends on fewer libraries than the <application>Bash</application> shell
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36 | and is therefore less likely to be affected by an upgrade problem or disk
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37 | failure. <application>Dash</application> is also useful for checking that
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38 | a script is completely compatible with POSIX syntax.</para>
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39 |
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40 | &lfs77_checked;
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41 |
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42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&dash-download-http;"/></para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&dash-download-ftp;"/></para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &dash-md5sum;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Download size: &dash-size;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &dash-buildsize;</para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>Estimated build time: &dash-time;</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | </itemizedlist>
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63 |
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64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Dash Dependencies</bridgehead>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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67 | <para role="optional"><ulink url="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/">libedit</ulink>
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68 | (command line editor library)</para>
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69 |
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70 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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71 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dash"/></para>
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72 |
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73 | </sect2>
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74 |
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75 | <sect2 role="installation">
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76 | <title>Installation of Dash</title>
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77 |
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78 | <para>Install <application>Dash</application> by running the following
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79 | commands:</para>
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80 |
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81 | <screen><userinput>./configure --bindir=/bin --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
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82 | make</userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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85 |
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86 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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87 |
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88 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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89 |
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90 | <para>If you would like to make <command>dash</command> the default
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91 | <command>sh</command>, recreate the <filename>/bin/sh</filename>
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92 | symlink as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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93 |
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94 | <note><para>If you create the symbolic link from <command>dash</command>
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95 | to <command>sh</command>, you will need to reset the link to
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96 | <command>bash</command> to build LFS. </para></note>
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97 |
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98 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>ln -svf dash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | </sect2>
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101 |
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102 | <sect2 role="commands">
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103 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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104 |
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105 | <para><parameter>--bindir=/bin</parameter>: This parameter places the
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106 | <command>dash</command> binary into the root filesystem.</para>
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107 |
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108 | <para><option>--with-libedit</option>: To compile <application>Dash</application>
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109 | with libedit support.</para>
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110 |
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111 | </sect2>
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112 |
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113 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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114 | <title>Configuring Dash</title>
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115 |
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116 | <sect3 id="dash-config">
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117 | <title>Config Files</title>
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118 |
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119 | <para><application>Dash</application> sources
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120 | <filename>/etc/profile</filename> and
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121 | <filename>~/.profile</filename></para>
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122 |
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123 | <indexterm zone="dash dash-config">
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124 | <primary sortas="e-etc-profile">/etc/profile</primary>
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125 | </indexterm>
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126 |
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127 | <indexterm zone="dash dash-config">
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128 | <primary sortas="e-AA.profile">~/.profile</primary>
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129 | </indexterm>
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130 |
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131 | </sect3>
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132 |
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133 | <sect3>
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134 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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135 |
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136 | <para>Update <filename>/etc/shells</filename> to include the
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137 | <application>Dash</application> shell by issuing the following command
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138 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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139 |
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140 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/shells << "EOF"
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141 | <literal>/bin/dash</literal>
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142 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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143 |
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144 | </sect3>
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145 |
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146 | </sect2>
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147 |
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148 | <sect2 role="content">
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149 | <title>Contents</title>
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150 |
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151 | <segmentedlist>
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152 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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153 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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154 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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155 |
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156 | <seglistitem>
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157 | <seg>dash</seg>
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158 | <seg>None</seg>
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159 | <seg>None</seg>
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160 | </seglistitem>
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161 | </segmentedlist>
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162 |
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163 | <variablelist>
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164 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Description</bridgehead>
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165 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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166 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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167 |
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168 | <varlistentry id="Dash-prog">
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169 | <term><command>dash</command></term>
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170 | <listitem>
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171 | <para>is a POSIX compliant shell.</para>
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172 | <indexterm zone="dash Dash-prog">
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173 | <primary sortas="b-dash">dash</primary>
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174 | </indexterm>
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175 | </listitem>
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176 | </varlistentry>
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177 |
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178 | </variablelist>
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179 |
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180 | </sect2>
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181 |
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182 | </sect1>
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