Re: Is `#!/bin/sh' configurable?

From: Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il>
To: Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is `#!/bin/sh' configurable?
Date: 2001-05-10 09:51:08
Message-ID: Pine.SUN.4.21.0105101246500.23309-100000@dardar.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
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On 8 May 2001, Doug McNaught wrote:

> Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il> writes:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > On some systems /bin/sh is not Burne Shell, e.g. /bin/sh is tcsh, but
>
> *violent retching sounds*
>
> IMHO, any system where /bin/sh doesn't point to an at-least-somewhat
> Bourne-compatible shell is broken by definition... Who perpetrated
> this atrocity?

Sorry, I was misleaded by
>sh -c 'echo $SHELL'
/bin/tcsh

The /bin/sh is sh, but not SysV compatible -- there is /bin/sh5 for that.

Regards,
ASK

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