Package: sash (3.8-5 and others)

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Stand-alone shell

sash serves as an interactive substitute for /bin/sh, for use when /bin/sh is unusable. It's statically linked, and includes many standard utilities as builtins (type "help" at the prompt for a reference list). If you've installed sash before rendering your system unbootable, and you have some knowledge of how your system is supposed to work, you might be able to repair your system using init=/bin/sash at the boot prompt.

Some people also prefer to have sash available as the shell for a root account (perhaps an under an alternate name such as sashroot) Configuration support is included for people who want this.

Note: sash is not intended to serve as /bin/sh, and has few of the interactive features present in bash or ksh. It's designed to be simple and robust, for people who need to do emergency repair work on a system.

Also note: sash doesn't include a built-in fsck -- fsck is too big and complicated. If you need fsck, you'll have to get at least one partition or disk working well enough to run fsck. More generally, sash is but one tool of many (backups, backup recovery tools, emergency boot disks or partitions, spare parts, testing of disaster plans, etc.) to help you recover a damaged system.

Tags: System Administration: Data Recovery, User Interface: Command Shell, Role: Program, Scope: scope::utility, use::login, Works with: Files

Other Packages Related to sash

• dep: debconf (>= 0.5)

  Debian configuration management system

  or debconf-2.0

  virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf

• sug: doc-debian

  Debian Project documentation and other documents

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Architecture	Version	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
alpha (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	389.1 kB	1,133.0 kB	[list of files]
amd64	3.8-5+b24	438.5 kB	1,157.0 kB	[list of files]
arm64	3.8-5+b24	372.3 kB	1,004.0 kB	[list of files]
armel	3.8-5+b24	328.3 kB	865.0 kB	[list of files]
armhf	3.8-5+b24	331.7 kB	633.0 kB	[list of files]
hppa (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	368.0 kB	959.0 kB	[list of files]
i386	3.8-5+b24	461.1 kB	1,213.0 kB	[list of files]
ia64 (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	558.6 kB	2,100.0 kB	[list of files]
m68k (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	338.7 kB	831.0 kB	[list of files]
mips64el	3.8-5+b24	384.6 kB	1,192.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64 (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	433.0 kB	1,389.0 kB	[list of files]
ppc64el	3.8-5+b24	475.3 kB	1,453.0 kB	[list of files]
riscv64 (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b12	370.0 kB	722.0 kB	[list of files]
s390x	3.8-5+b24	382.7 kB	1,084.0 kB	[list of files]
sh4 (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	394.9 kB	807.0 kB	[list of files]
sparc64 (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	340.4 kB	1,067.0 kB	[list of files]
x32 (unofficial port)	3.8-5+b13	443.4 kB	1,149.0 kB	[list of files]