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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-
     bash@gnu.org,  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
     bfox@gnu.org

     Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
     chet@po.cwru.edu



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/.


































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