%%name: bash

%%short-description: Shell of the GNU operating system.
 
%%full-description: Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates
useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is
intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and
Tools standard. 

It offers functional improvements over sh for both
programming and interactive use; these include command line editing,
unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and
aliases, indexed arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in
any base from two to sixty-four. In addition, most sh scripts can be
run by Bash without modification.

%%category: development

%%license: GPL

%%maintainer: Chet Ramey <chet@po.cwru.edu>

%%updated: 12 Apr 2000

%%keywords: shell, sh, ksh, csh

%%interface: Command Line or Interactive

%%programs:

%%GNU: yes

%%web-page: http:/www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html

%%support: 

%%doc: User reference manual from http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash/index.html 

%%developers: Brian Fox<bfox@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, Chet Ramey <chet@po.cwru.edu>

%%contributors:

%%sponsors:

%%source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash

%%debian:

%%redhat: http://rpmfind.net/RPM/bash.html

%%repository:

%%related:

%%source-language: C

%%supported-languages:

%%use-requirements: 

%%build-prerequisites:

%%weak-prerequisites:

%%source-prerequisites:

%%version: 2.04 stable released 17 Mar 2000 

%%announce-list: bug-bash@gnu.org

%%announce-news: gnu.bash.bug 

%%help-list: bug-bash@gnu.org

%%help-news: gnu.bash.bug

%%dev-list: bug-bash@gnu.org

%%dev-news: gnu.bash.bug

%%bug-list: bug-bash@gnu.org
 









 








