From: Akim Demaille Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:32:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi (Portable Shell): Add pointers to FAQs. X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.53a~55 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c210364e73748feec65bcb75ffdd943d8ed2f5c7;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * doc/autoconf.texi (Portable Shell): Add pointers to FAQs. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0b422a38d..0ad0e04bd 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-03-26 Akim Demaille + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Portable Shell): Add pointers to FAQs. + 2002-03-26 Akim Demaille * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): The GNATS base moved. diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 7b85a1b3c..ca69767b6 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -8027,6 +8027,9 @@ packages. Some of these external utilities have a portable subset of features; see @ref{Limitations of Usual Tools}. +There are other sources of documentation about shells. See for instance +@href{http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/, the Shell FAQs}. + @menu * Shellology:: A zoology of shells * Here-Documents:: Quirks and tricks @@ -8043,10 +8046,12 @@ Some of these external utilities have a portable subset of features; see @node Shellology @section Shellology -There are several families of shells, most prominently the Bourne -family and the C shell family which are deeply incompatible. If you -want to write portable shell scripts, avoid members of the C shell -family. +There are several families of shells, most prominently the Bourne family +and the C shell family which are deeply incompatible. If you want to +write portable shell scripts, avoid members of the C shell family. The +@href{http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/shell-differences/, the +Shell difference FAQ} includes a small history of Unix shells, and a +comparison between several of them. Below we describe some of the members of the Bourne shell family.