If I am right when you invoke bash as "/bin/sh" (/bin/sh -> bash). Bash runs in POSIX mode.
> I certainly have chosen the subject wrong, but I don't want to start a new > thread now. Please let me backpedal a bit and describe the problem I am > trying to solve. > > A company I work for is trying to migrate their applications to Linux > platform and have selected RedHat as the vendor. Redhat installs bash as > the standard shell : > $ ls -l /bin/sh > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 7 2009 /bin/sh -> bash > > Now, because of the feature in question, scripts that utilize standard > /bin/sh don't work properly. I afraid my suggestion to go "read the FAQ" > with my accent some might hear as a profanity :) > > So the question is, is it possible to run bash in "compatible" mode? Maybe > some flags during compilation were omitted by vendor? > I can recompile the bash, auditing and rewriting all the scripts is just > not feasible. > > Thank you, > Vadym Chepkov > > > > >
