Changeset 0154b8b6 for chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml

Timestamp:

01/31/2001 08:58:41 PM (24 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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Message:

Updated the reason for the /bin/sh symlink

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@78 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml

@@ -36 +36 @@
 <para>
 <userinput>ln -s bash sh:</userinput> This command creates the sh
-symlink that points to bash. Most scripts run themselves via 'sh'; sh
-being a symlink to the default system shell. Because programs and
-scripts don't know what shell you use by default (could be bash, ksh,
-korn, tch, csh and others) they use the common symlink sh which, if the 
-system is properly setup, always points to the system's default shell.
+symlink that points to bash. Most scripts run themselves via 'sh'
+(invoked by the #!/bin/sh as the first line in the scripts) which
+invokes a special bash mode. Bash will then behave (as closely as
+possible) as the original Bourne shell.
 </para>