| Jari Aalto | 17345e5 | 2009-02-19 22:21:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | BASHBUG(1) BASHBUG(1) |
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| 5 | NNAAMMEE |
| 6 | bashbug - report a bug in bash |
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| 8 | SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS |
| 9 | bbaasshhbbuugg [_-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n] [_-_-_h_e_l_p] [_e_m_a_i_l_-_a_d_d_r_e_s_s] |
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| 11 | DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN |
| 12 | bbaasshhbbuugg is a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports |
| 13 | concerning bash in a standard format. bbaasshhbbuugg invokes the editor spec- |
| 14 | ified by the environment variable EEDDIITTOORR on a temporary copy of the bug |
| 15 | report format outline. The user must fill in the appropriate fields and |
| 16 | exit the editor. bbaasshhbbuugg then mails the completed report to _b_u_g_- |
| 17 | _b_a_s_h_@_g_n_u_._o_r_g, or _e_m_a_i_l_-_a_d_d_r_e_s_s. If the report cannot be mailed, it is |
| 18 | saved in the file _d_e_a_d_._b_a_s_h_b_u_g in the invoking user's home directory. |
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| 20 | The bug report format outline consists of several sections. The first |
| 21 | section provides information about the machine, operating system, the |
| 22 | bash version, and the compilation environment. The second section |
| 23 | should be filled in with a description of the bug. The third section |
| 24 | should be a description of how to reproduce the bug. The optional |
| 25 | fourth section is for a proposed fix. Fixes are encouraged. |
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| 27 | EENNVVIIRROONNMMEENNTT |
| 28 | bbaasshhbbuugg will utilize the following environment variables if they exist: |
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| 30 | EEDDIITTOORR Specifies the preferred editor. If EEDDIITTOORR is not set, bbaasshhbbuugg |
| 31 | defaults to eemmaaccss. |
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| 33 | HHOOMMEE Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail |
| 34 | fails. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | TTMMPPDDIIRR Directory in which to create temporary files and directories. |
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| 38 | SSEEEE AALLSSOO |
| 39 | _b_a_s_h(1) |
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| 41 | AAUUTTHHOORRSS |
| 42 | Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation |
| 43 | bfox@gnu.org |
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| 45 | Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University |
| 46 | chet@po.cwru.edu |
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| 50 | GNU Bash-4.0 1998 July 30 BASHBUG(1) |