glfs/postlfs/shells/ash/ash-intro.xml
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<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>ASH</application></title>
<para><command>ash</command> is a shell that is the most compliant with the
Bourne Shell (not to be confused with Bourne Again SHell i.e. <application>Bash</application>
installed in <acronym>LFS</acronym>) without any additional features.
Bourne Shell is available on most commercial
<acronym>UNIX</acronym> systems. Hence <command>ash</command> is useful for testing
scripts to be <command>sh</command>-compliant. It also has a small memory and space requirements
compared to the other <command>sh</command>-compliant shells.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&ash-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&ash-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &ash-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&ash-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&ash-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required patch:
<ulink url="&patch-root;/ash-&ash-version;-cumulative-fixes.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>