bashbug
(1)
Name
bashbug - report a bug in bash
Synopsis
bashbug [--version] [--help] [email-address]
Description
User Commands BASHBUG(1)
NAME
bashbug - report a bug in bash
SYNOPSIS
bashbug [--version] [--help] [email-address]
DESCRIPTION
bashbug is a shell script to help the user compose and mail
bug reports concerning bash in a standard format. bashbug
invokes the editor specified by the environment variable
EDITOR on a temporary copy of the bug report format outline.
The user must fill in the appropriate fields and exit the
editor. bashbug then mails the completed report to bug-
[email protected], or email-address. If the report cannot be
mailed, it is saved in the file dead.bashbug in the invoking
user's home directory.
The bug report format outline consists of several sections.
The first section provides information about the machine,
operating system, the bash version, and the compilation
environment. The second section should be filled in with a
description of the bug. The third section should be a
description of how to reproduce the bug. The optional
fourth section is for a proposed fix. Fixes are encouraged.
ENVIRONMENT
bashbug will utilize the following environment variables if
they exist:
EDITOR
Specifies the preferred editor. If EDITOR is not set,
bashbug defaults to emacs.
HOME Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if
the mail fails.
TMPDIR
Directory in which to create temporary files and direc-
tories.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | shell/bash |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------+
GNU Bash-4.0 Last change: 1998 July 30 1
User Commands BASHBUG(1)
SEE ALSO
bash(1)
AUTHORS
Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
[email protected]
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
[email protected]
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original
community source was downloaded from
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.1.tar.gz
Further information about this software can be found on the
open source community website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
ware/bash/.
GNU Bash-4.0 Last change: 1998 July 30 2