Re: ash vs. bash
On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 08:10:39AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
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>On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:28:02 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
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>>Well, how much of the code is actually dedicated to the interactive stuff, ie
>>how much would you save it was removed? I'd guess not a lot.
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> It is good to guess, isn't it? I would guess it would be enough to make a
>difference. Now we're at a stalemate. ;)
Stripping bash to the minimum reduces it to about 200Kb, while ash is
about 87Kb. A stripped-down bash may initialize itself a bit faster,
but it is still no faster than the stock one during execution.
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