Bug#181197: ITP: nash -- primitive shell code interpreter

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Graham Wilson [Sun, Feb 16 2003, 10:23:06AM]:

> > * Package name    : nash
> >   Version         : 3.4.28
> >   Upstream Author : Erik Troan (ewt@redhat.com)
> > * URL             : http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/8.0/es/os/i386/SRPMS/mkinitrd-3.4.28-1.src.rpm
> > * License         : GPL
> >   Description     : primitive shell code interpreter
> >    nash  is  a  very  simple script interpretor designed to be as small as
> >    possible. It is primarily designed to run simple linuxrc scripts on  an
> >    initrd image.
> 
> how is this any different than dash?

Dash is Herberts fork of ash, a full POSIX compliant interactive shell.
Ash is bigger, does not have builtins for mount, mknod, pivot_root,
pivot_root, all these things that Herbert replaced with ugly shell
scripts inside of the initrd or with external programs that need the
libs and possible some other large libraries. I plan to extend it with
modutils code, so we would have the most minimalistis shell-code
interpreter suitable for initrd.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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