shish
shish aims to be a small and fast as possible shell.
it also aims at more or less conforming to the IEEE P1003 draft for POSIX compatible shells by version 1.0, after that it will stay a minimal POSIX shell in the default configuration but it will be extendable by compiletime switches and possibly loadable modules.
this implementation avoids stdio and format string bloat by using libowfat by felix von leitner (see lib/README) and using as few libc as possible, except for the (mostly POSIX) syscall wrappers.
the name `shish` has three origins:
- `sh-ish` which is derived from `sh`, the original System V and bourne shells, this shell is sh-ish because we support their syntax.
- the libowfat-based library this package ships is called `libshish.a`, derived from `shisha` which is the name for an oriental water pipe. this is because shells and pipes are very related topics
- `shish-kebap` which is a nice turkish meal :)
how to compile and install shish
./configure
(...or ./autogen.sh if you are operating on a CVS checkout or a snapshot)
make
make install
the configure script will check for dietlibc and eventually compile using it, look at the output of the script.
what shish is so far
at this point shish is NOT a replacement for your current shell! it will not properly execute your startup- (e.g. sysvinit) or build-scripts (make)
the current codebase is made by a single developer and only a kind of 'proof-of-concept' targeted at developers which are interested in making a fast and small shell for their embedded systems and/or workstations
IT IS NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION USE YET, so i do not want to receive complaints on this!