> What happens when /bin/sh is dash or bash? Dash is specifically designed to be a posix compatible shell for use as /bin/sh, i.e. in shell scripts (or called

> What happens when /bin/sh is dash or bash? Dash is specifically designed to be a posix compatible shell for use as /bin/sh, i.e. in shell scripts (or called by makefiles). When Bash is invoked as "sh", it runs in posix compatibility mode. There is a reason some of us keep harping on about "don't write bash-scripts, write portable shell scripts". > I despise /bin/sh, it is basically PHP. Similarly, I despise chickens. They're basically the sub-prime mortgage crisis.