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Subject: Re: bash
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From: Mark Gray <markgray@iago.nac.net>
Cc: Attico Nicola <attico@peg2.difi.unipi.it>
Date: 13 Feb 2000 05:34:46 -0500
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Attico Nicola <attico@cibs.sns.it> writes:

> Yet another question on the same line...
> Is it possible for example port bash on minix?

It has already been done along with a lot of other GNU tools, see:

   Linkname: Software for 32-Bit Minix 2.0 (Intel 386)
        URL: http://barnyard.syr.edu/minix.shtml

As well as:

ftp://barnyard.syr.edu/pub/mcconnell/minix/bash20.tar.Z

> Or, is it possible to have file completion
> with ash?

It works for me.

> Thanks,
> Nicola.
