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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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30 | <screen os="b"><userinput>tar -xvf ../bash-doc-&bash-doc-version;.tar.gz && |
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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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34 | <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the maintainer. The |
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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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38 | |
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39 | <para os="g">Prepare Bash for compilation:</para> |
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40 | |
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41 | <screen os="h"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \ |
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42 | --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen> |
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43 | |
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44 | <variablelist os="i"> |
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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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58 | <para os="j">Compile the package:</para> |
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59 | |
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60 | <screen os="k"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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61 | |
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62 | <para os="l">To test the results, issue: |
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63 | <userinput>make tests</userinput>.</para> |
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64 | |
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65 | <para os="m">Install the package:</para> |
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66 | |
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67 | <screen os="n"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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68 | |
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69 | <para os="o">Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing |
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70 | the one that is currently being executed):</para> |
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71 | |
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72 | <screen os="p" role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen> |
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73 | |
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74 | <note os="q"> |
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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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