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| author | xtraeme <xtraeme> | 2004-10-21 03:11:14 +0000 |
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| committer | xtraeme <xtraeme> | 2004-10-21 03:11:14 +0000 |
| commit | 111614c13b2e1563f4dd92405d7b3ff61a32392e (patch) | |
| tree | 19e97ac0286af11c5bd69fe5544e5abb75d9ffba /shells/bash/DESCR | |
| parent | 3df346e50b6daa81fbe97b1af251b05f76ec059e (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-111614c13b2e1563f4dd92405d7b3ff61a32392e.tar.gz | |
Initial import of bash-3.0. It's imported as bash (not bash3) because
our existing bash package already is called bash2.
If you want to see the new features, please take a look at the NEWS file.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/shells/bash/DESCR b/shells/bash/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5dd431ceb2f --- /dev/null +++ b/shells/bash/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from +the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to +the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. + +It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and +interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size +command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed +arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in any base from two +to sixty-four. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without +modification. |