Re: PW#5-1: Bash vs Bourne shell

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 11:34:21PM +0100, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> >      Restrict your script to POSIX features when possible so that it may
> >      use /bin/sh as its interpreter. If your script works with ash, it's
> >      probably POSIX compliant, but if you are in doubt, use /bin/bash.
> 
> I'd prefer it if the most often used non-POSIX features of bash could be
> listed in an appendix, making it easier for maintainers to know which
> constructs to avoid.

>From this, it would be good to try and scan for scripts breaking this
policy.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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