Re: Shell script or Perl?
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 07:19:27PM +0200, Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:50:12 +0200, Gregory Seidman wrote:
> > Let me add one more detail: anyone who is about to write a shell script
> > should read this page http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/
> > Some of it is outdated, but the majority of it still applies. The short
> > version: scripts should use /bin/sh.
>
> BTW, is #!/bin/bash a valid choice for a Debian "official" shell script?
> (e.g. an init.d script of a .deb package) Sometimes those bash-isms are
> sooo practical :-) After all, bash is an essential package AFAIK.
It's valid, yes. I always prefer /bin/sh where possible (and it usually
is), though; this allows people to switch in a smaller and lighter shell
like dash if they want.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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