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Plinio Barbeitro 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.

Well, there are two versions of Bash floating round. One is Eric Smith's port,
one is Edgar Roeder's. Eric's requires Mint running, Edgar's doesn't. 

Bash is "just" a command line interpreter, file system utilities are not built
in (they aren't in Eunuchs, from whence Bash originated). Hence you must have
on your $PATH, the binaries "ls.ttp" "rm.ttp" "mv.ttp", etc, etc. Edgar's
version of bash requires these utilities *NOT* to have a filename extension
(i.e. the files must be named "ls", "rm" & "cp"). Eric's (as is more normal)
wants these files to have one of the .ttp/.prg/.tos extensions signifying its
executability. Edgar's Bash is UNIXMODE sensitive and can use long filenames,
filenames with capitals and "dots" are a valid filename character (allowing
"Makefile.atari.st" as a valid filename for example).

The other thing about bash is that it leans heavily on environmental variables,
so remember to set them as required. For Edgar's Bash, ENVIRON.PRG will set up
environment variables before you double-click Bash. 

Cheers,

Graham
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