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Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments

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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
> On 2024-04-16, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>> On 2024-04-15, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bash has an option that tells it to (attempt to) restrict itself to
>>> POSIX semantics:
>>
>> No, it does not:
>>
>>>     Starting Bash with the '--posix' command-line option or executing
>>>     'set -o posix' while Bash is running will cause Bash to conform more
>>>     closely to the POSIX standard by changing the behavior to match that
>>>     specified by POSIX in areas where the Bash default differs.
>>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> This only tweaks bash's behavior where it otherwise differs from
>> POSIX.  It does not disable the myriad extensions.
>
> "set -o posix" disabling conforming extensions would be a GCC-grade
> stupidity.

An option to disable conforming extensions, whether it's spelled "set -o
posix" or in some other way, could be very useful for people who would
like to write scripts that don't (perhaps unintentionally) depend on any
extensions.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Medtronic
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Which shell and how to get started handling arguments James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2024-04-15 13:22 +0100
  Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-15 16:03 +0200
    Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-15 16:34 +0200
  Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2024-04-15 13:35 +0000
    Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-04-15 23:03 +0200
      Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-16 01:14 +0000
        Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-04-16 22:23 +0200
  Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-04-15 15:45 +0100
  Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-04-15 15:06 +0000
    Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2024-04-15 15:36 +0000
      Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-04-15 17:38 +0000
        Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-15 17:57 +0000
      Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-04-15 20:37 +0000
    Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-15 14:31 -0700
      Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-04-16 10:19 +0200
      Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2024-04-16 11:11 +0000
        Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-16 11:54 -0700
          Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-04-16 19:59 +0000
            Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2024-04-16 21:57 +0000
        Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-04-16 20:45 +0000
          Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-04-16 16:38 -0700
        Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-17 00:52 +0000
          Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-04-17 09:02 +0000
          Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2024-04-17 14:23 +0000
  Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@xoxy.net> - 2024-04-15 23:49 +0200
  Re: Which shell and how to get started handling arguments Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-04-15 22:20 +0000

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