RE: [LUG] run an sh script with php or perl

[Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Alex Charrett wrote:

> Not thats bourne shell, not bash.  Although as far as I'm aware bash is 
> 100% bourne compatible when called as /bin/sh

Nope, bash accepts non-sh things like
"export VAR=name"
for
"VAR=name; export VAR"

I'm not aware of any way in Linux to guarantee portability of shell
scripts to bash-less environments.  OTOH, bash is widely available
even on deeply luddite systems like Slowaris these days.

-- 
Nick Kew


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