From 956b4bd209a9d17613e419e2b50e0f533600497b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerrit Pape Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 10:05:15 +0800 Subject: [MAN] Update manual page to differentiate dash from ash Rename sh to dash in the header and synopsis; remove reference to the 4.4 BSD release in the description, and replace the history information with a reference to NetBSD's ash. Suggested by jaalto through http://bugs.debian.org/499838 Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- src/dash.1 | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/dash.1') diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1 index 5a8e2fe..c7771d0 100644 --- a/src/dash.1 +++ b/src/dash.1 @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ .\" .Dd January 19, 2003 .Os -.Dt SH 1 +.Dt DASH 1 .Sh NAME -.Nm sh +.Nm dash .Nd command interpreter (shell) .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm @@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ but it is not a Korn shell clone (see Only features designated by .Tn POSIX , plus a few Berkeley extensions, are being incorporated into this shell. -We expect -.Tn POSIX -conformance by the time 4.4 BSD is released. This man page is not intended to be a tutorial or a complete specification of the shell. .Ss Overview @@ -2333,11 +2330,15 @@ The process ID of the parent process of the shell. .Xr environ 7 , .Xr sysctl 8 .Sh HISTORY -A .Nm -command appeared in -.At v1 . -It was, however, unmaintainable so we wrote this one. +is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as +possible. +.Nm +is a direct descendant of the NetBSD version of ash (the Almquist SHell), +ported to Linux in early 1997. +It was renamed to +.Nm +in 2002. .Sh BUGS Setuid shell scripts should be avoided at all costs, as they are a significant security risk. -- cgit 1.4.1