CentOS - Nov 2010 - OT - Any true bourne shells out there for linux?

Hi All,

Was wondering if anyone knows there are any separate rpms to be able to
install a true bourne shell and not one linked to bash.

Thanks in advance,

Phil
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I think no due to Copyright issues.
The closest is probably dash which describes itself as a POSIX comptatible
shell.
Clive
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On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Phil Savoie <psavoie1783 at rogers.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Was wondering if anyone knows there are any separate rpms to be able to
> install a true bourne shell and not one linked to bash.
Bash has some options to run in compatibility mode. Not sure what you
need, but may do the trick.  It's useful if you need to build on Linux
then move to another environment.

I've not looked at it in a few years, but I seem to recall that ash
was fairly close to the traditional Bourne syntax.

I don't know if it is helpful to your case, but if you have a 
script that is bash-specific, it is a good idea to change the magic
line from 
   # !/bin/sh
to
   # !/bin/bash
That way, if you're running it on non-Linux platforms it will either
work or give you a useful error message up front (in the case that
bash isn't installed).

Devin
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