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diff --git a/chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml b/chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml index 8d627237e..57c22ea1e 100644 --- a/chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml +++ b/chapter05/bash-static-exp.sgml @@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ is becoming obsolete. <para> <userinput>ln -s bash sh:</userinput> This command creates the sh -symlink that points to bash. Most scripts run themselves via 'sh'; sh -being a symlink to the default system shell. Because programs and -scripts don't know what shell you use by default (could be bash, ksh, -korn, tch, csh and others) they use the common symlink sh which, if the -system is properly setup, always points to the system's default shell. +symlink that points to bash. Most scripts run themselves via 'sh' +(invoked by the #!/bin/sh as the first line in the scripts) which +invokes a special bash mode. Bash will then behave (as closely as +possible) as the original Bourne shell. </para> <para> |