source: postlfs/shells/dash.xml@ 8bf1fa88

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY dash-download-http "http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/files/dash-&dash-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY dash-download-ftp  "">
  <!ENTITY dash-md5sum        "bc457e490a589d2f87f2333616b67931">
  <!ENTITY dash-size          "200 KB">
  <!ENTITY dash-buildsize     "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY dash-time          "0.1 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="dash" xreflabel="Dash-&dash-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="dash.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Dash-&dash-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="dash">
    <primary sortas="a-Dash">Dash</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para><application>Dash</application> is a POSIX compliant shell. It can be
    installed as /bin/sh or as the default shell for either <systemitem
    class="username">root</systemitem> or a second user with a userid of 0. It
    depends on fewer libraries than the <application>Bash</application> shell
    and is therefore less likely to be affected by an upgrade problem or disk
    failure. <application>Dash</application> is also useful for checking that
    a script is completely compatible with POSIX syntax.</para>


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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Dash Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><ulink url="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/">libedit</ulink>
    (command line editor library)</para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --bindir=/bin --mandir=/usr/share/man &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>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you would like to make <command>dash</command> the default
    <command>sh</command>, recreate the <filename>/bin/sh</filename>
    symlink as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -svf dash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--bindir=/bin</parameter>: This parameter places the
    <command>dash</command> binary into the root filesystem.</para>

    <para><option>--with-libedit</option>: To compile <application>Dash</application>
    with libedit support.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

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

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

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

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Update <filename>/etc/shells</filename> to include the
      <application>Dash</application> shell by issuing the following command
      as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/shells &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>/bin/dash</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
   
    </sect3>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>dash</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="Dash-prog">
        <term><command>dash</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a POSIX compliant shell.</para>
          <indexterm zone="dash Dash-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-dash">dash</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>