where is the bash source code?...

gearoid · 11-24-2003, 11:02 AM

hey,

sorry, I know this isn't strictly a programming question, but where is the source code for the bash shell?? I have Red Hat 9...

also, could anyone recommend any good sites to learn how to understand the bash source code, how to modify it, reinstall a modified bash shell, what to look out for when doing so, etc,...

thanks,
Gearoid

acid_kewpie · 11-24-2003, 12:07 PM

in the bash source tarball....http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ a quick google would have got you there an hour ago though

gearoid · 11-24-2003, 12:41 PM

oh, thanks. I was trying to find it on my own machine, kinda like the kernel sources. You'd be surprised (maybe it's just me) but I was trying all different combinations of searches on google and couldn't come across it...

gearoid · 11-24-2003, 01:23 PM

sorry now but I downloaded that tarball and uncompressed it but it doesn't have any source code in the doc folder that . Well, not that I can see anyway.... What should I be looking for? Which file is the actual code? It just seems to be all documentation... Did I download the wrong thing????

fr0zen · 11-24-2003, 01:38 PM

I think you downloaded the doc-tarball. The file you want to download is ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-2.05b.tar.gz, extract that. All the 'code' you are looking for exists right within the main directory.

gearoid · 11-25-2003, 04:24 AM

that's the one, thanks! Pretty stupid of me huh? The joys of being a newbie...