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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ |
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-bash" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para> |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | </sect2> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 25 | <title>Installation of Bash</title> |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | <para os="a">If you downloaded the Bash documentation tarball and wish to |
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| 28 | install HTML documentation, issue the following commands:</para> |
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| 29 | |
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[dd9906e] | 30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>tar -xvf ../bash-doc-&bash-doc-version;.tar.gz && |
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[bf8c11f] | 31 | sed -i "s|htmldir = @htmldir@|htmldir = /usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;|" \ |
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| 32 | Makefile.in</userinput></screen> |
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| 33 | |
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[1b290ed] | 34 | <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the maintainer. The |
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[d5e40913] | 35 | maintainer of Bash only releases these patches to fix serious issues.</para> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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[dcc18d8f] | 38 | |
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[bf8c11f] | 39 | <para os="g">Prepare Bash for compilation:</para> |
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| 40 | |
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[e6423a01] | 41 | <screen os="h"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \ |
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[bf8c11f] | 42 | --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen> |
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| 43 | |
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[e6423a01] | 44 | <variablelist os="i"> |
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[bf8c11f] | 45 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | <varlistentry> |
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| 48 | <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term> |
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| 49 | <listitem> |
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| 50 | <para>This option tells Bash to use the |
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| 51 | <filename class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is |
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| 52 | already installed on the system rather than using its own readline |
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| 53 | version.</para> |
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| 54 | </listitem> |
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| 55 | </varlistentry> |
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| 56 | </variablelist> |
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| 57 | |
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[e6423a01] | 58 | <para os="j">Compile the package:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 59 | |
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[e6423a01] | 60 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 61 | |
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[e6423a01] | 62 | <para os="l">To test the results, issue: |
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[a9b8538] | 63 | <userinput>make tests</userinput>.</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 64 | |
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[e6423a01] | 65 | <para os="m">Install the package:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 66 | |
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[e6423a01] | 67 | <screen os="n"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 68 | |
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[e6423a01] | 69 | <para os="o">Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing |
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[bf8c11f] | 70 | the one that is currently being executed):</para> |
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| 71 | |
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[3680b28] | 72 | <screen os="p" role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 73 | |
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[e6423a01] | 74 | <note os="q"> |
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[bf8c11f] | 75 | <para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command> |
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| 76 | process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so |
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| 77 | that new programs are found as they become available.</para> |
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| 78 | </note> |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | </sect2> |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content"> |
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| 83 | <title>Contents of Bash</title> |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 86 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | <seglistitem> |
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| 89 | <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg> |
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| 90 | </seglistitem> |
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| 91 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | <variablelist> |
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 95 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 96 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | <varlistentry id="bash"> |
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| 99 | <term><command>bash</command></term> |
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| 100 | <listitem> |
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| 101 | <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of |
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| 102 | expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing |
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| 103 | it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para> |
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| 104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash"> |
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| 105 | <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary> |
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| 106 | </indexterm> |
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| 107 | </listitem> |
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| 108 | </varlistentry> |
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| 109 | |
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| 110 | <varlistentry id="bashbug"> |
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| 111 | <term><command>bashbug</command></term> |
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| 112 | <listitem> |
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| 113 | <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard |
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| 114 | formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para> |
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| 115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"> |
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| 116 | <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary> |
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| 117 | </indexterm> |
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| 118 | </listitem> |
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| 119 | </varlistentry> |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | <varlistentry id="sh"> |
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| 122 | <term><command>sh</command></term> |
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| 123 | <listitem> |
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| 124 | <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked |
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| 125 | as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the |
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| 126 | startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as |
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| 127 | closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as |
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| 128 | well</para> |
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| 129 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh"> |
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| 130 | <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary> |
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| 131 | </indexterm> |
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| 132 | </listitem> |
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| 133 | </varlistentry> |
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| 134 | |
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| 135 | </variablelist> |
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| 136 | |
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| 137 | </sect2> |
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| 138 | |
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| 139 | </sect1> |
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