Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu!entropy From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Bash - does it work? Message-ID: Date: 11 May 91 02:22:31 GMT References: <1304@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <2716@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: Not Proud Programmers Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: plinio@boole.seas.ucla.edu's message of 10 May 91 17:25:32 GMT In article <2716@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> plinio@boole.seas.ucla.edu (Plinio Barbeito) writes: >In article <1304@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes: >>Does the bash.ttp (The Bourne Again Shell) in "utilities/bash-bin.lzh" of >>atari.archive work? All I get is a useless prompt - I can't even cd. >Most likely your problem is that you are trying to run bash without mint. The particular version he is trying to use is a TOS port of bash. It doesn't work too well, so I'm not surprised he's having trouble. The point is still the same, though: I highly recommend using (the MiNT version of) bash along with MiNT. If you have lots of memory. Lots. And if you don't mind using ~250K every time you spawn a subshell... -- entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu entropy. . .it's not just a good idea, it's the second law. Boycott Lotus, Apple, Ashton-Tate and Xerox. Join the League for Programming Freedom! Write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu for more information.