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1<sect2>
2<title>Installation of Sh-utils</title>
3
4<para>Install Shellutils by running the following commands:</para>
5
6<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
7make &amp;&amp;
8make install &amp;&amp;
9cd /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
10mv basename date echo false hostname /bin &amp;&amp;
11mv pwd sleep stty su test true uname /bin &amp;&amp;
12mv chroot ../sbin</userinput></screen></para>
13
14</sect2>
15
16<sect2>
17<title>FHS compliance notes</title>
18
19<para>There is a command installed in this package which is named test. It is
20often used in shell scripts to evaluate conditions, but is more often
21encountered in the form of <command>[ condition ]</command>. These brackets
22are built into the bash interpreter, but the FHS dictates that there should be a
23<filename>[</filename> binary. We create that in this way, while still in the
24<filename class="directory">/bin</filename> directory:</para>
25
26<para><screen><userinput>cd /bin &amp;&amp;
27ln -sf test [</userinput></screen></para>
28
29</sect2>
30
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