Re: using bash features in init scripts

Thomas Dodd <[email protected]> Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:25:37 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
> The reason that normal startup scripts don't, is that there's no guarantee
> /bin/sh will point to bash, or even that bash is installed.
> 
> If you want to use bash, the first line should be /bin/bash instead of
> /bin/sh, so it's obvious it needs bash specifically.

Is it possible that bash isn't available yet?
Perhaps some lib not on /?

	-Thomas