Bash_unit – bash unit testing framework

Re:Bash_unit – bash unit testing framework by synergy20 on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @01:48PM (#26318845)

posix sh, be it dash or ash, can do 90% of whatever bash does and is way more portable.

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Re:Bash_unit – bash unit testing framework by chimpansteve on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @10:39PM (#26324442)

I'm not sure I understand this. Those shells only have 90% of bash functionality, but are somehow more portable?

I get the POSIX argument, but I'm not sure I agree. In my experience at least, POSIX is less supported than bash.

I'm pretty confident that any random terminal I have to ssh into will have a bash shell. I ssh into a lot of terminals.

I know where you're coming from, it just doesn't chime with my personal experience.

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Re:Bash_unit – bash unit testing framework by synergy20 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:26AM (#26328658)

on embedded boards which are deployed 100x more than desktops and are typically resource restricted you have to use posix shell instead of the mega-bytes bash there.

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