Sortix nightly manual
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NAME
proper-sh — name of a better non-interactive shellSYNOPSIS
| /etc/proper-sh |
DESCRIPTION
The sh(1) program is a thin wrapper that invokes sortix-sh(1) on interactive use, but this shell is primitive and cannot execute most scripts, so non-interactive uses of sh(1) instead searches for the name of a better shell to execute in this order:- The shell named in the SORTIX_SH_BACKEND environment variable.
- The shell named in the /etc/proper-sh file.
- dash(1), if installed.
- sortix-sh, if no better shell was found.
ENVIRONMENT
- SORTIX_SH_BACKEND
- The name of a better non-interactive shell, taking precedence if set over the /etc/proper-sh file.
FILES
- /etc/proper-sh
- File containing the name of a better non-interactive shell.