rc shell in Fedora

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:52 pm

Hey folks,

I'm looking for a Unix rc shell implementation for Fedora (or Linux generally) and not having much luck.
Does anyone know where I'd find such a think? Preferably in an RPM.

Void Main · Post by **Void Main** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:11 pm

Not sure what you are referring to. Are you talking about BSD style startup scripts?

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:53 pm

It's something that is installed on the slackware machines in my department, but i need a similar setup at home.

From the man page:

NAME
rc - shell]

DESCRIPTION
rc is a command interpreter and programming language similar to sh(1).
It is based on the AT&T Plan 9 shell of the same name. The shell
offers a C-like syntax (much more so than the C shell), and a powerful
mechanism for manipulating variables. It is reasonably small and rea-
sonably fast, especially when compared to contemporary shells. Its use
is intended to be interactive, but the language lends itself well to
scripts.

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:02 pm

For reference, I just found an RPM designed for OpenSUSE which seems to do the trick:

http://software.opensuse.org/download/s ... 1-2.4.html

Void Main · Post by **Void Main** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:42 pm

I could repackage it for you if you like?

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:13 am

Hey, thanks for the offer

As it happens I repackaged it already without too much fuss, just one SUSE macro to remove and the dependencies were pretty standard.