[maemo-users] OS2008: .bashrc or .bash_profile?

From: Eero Tamminen eero.tamminen at nokia.com
Date: Thu Dec 13 14:00:25 EET 2007
ext Peter Flynn wrote:
> Eero Tamminen wrote:
>> The device doesn't have Bash.  And because Busybox conflicts with it 
>> (because Bash tries to set itself as /bin/sh which would
>> significantly slow down device bootup and use more memory), you
>> cannot install one either.
> 
> What happens if you download a script written for sh or bash and try to 
> execute it?

If it uses Bashishm instead of standard POSIX shell syntax
(i.e. what is supported by Busybox), you need to fix it.


Are the other conventional text utilities there (sed, grep,
> awk, tr, etc)?

dpkg -L busybox


	- Eero


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