From: Justin Collins <collinsj@...>
Date: 2006-08-10T05:06:49+09:00
Subject: Re: access built-in shell commands like 'history' or 'fc'

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bwv549 wrote:
>> Could it be that Ruby is using a different shell than you are used to?
>> I think it uses /bin/sh by default (not sure).
>>     
>
> Perhaps that is part of it.  However, on this suggestion, I entered the
> suggested shell (/bin/sh).  However, the behavior hasn't changed,
> although the 'history' command works fine in this shell.
>
> Just for reference, this is what I get when checking what this shell
> is:
>
>   % /bin/sh --version
>     GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
>     Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> I'm on Ubuntu 6.X, just for reference.
>
> Thanks
Yeah, that's probably not it. Sorry.

-Justin

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