From: dennisf@miles.com (Dennis Flaherty) Subject: Re: Where is which? Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1992 13:28:12 GMT
In article <1992Jul7.090302.378@klaava.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
> Hamish.Macdonald@x400gate.bnr.ca (Hamish Macdonald) writes:
> >Remember folks, every symbolic link uses an extra directory entry, an
> >extra inode, and an extra disk block.
>
> mv /bin/bash /bin/sh
>
> Who needs /bin/bash anyway?
Oh, I often put a "#!/bin/bash" line in shell scripts that I
write which use special features unique to bash, such as
${foo%bar} variable substitution, which isn't in all shells.
You're better off with a link.
Dennis
-- Dennis T. Flaherty dennisf@Miles.com Miles, Inc. dflahert@chekov.helios.nd.edu Diagnostics Division My doctor says Mylanta, but my boss says Alka-Seltzer!