From dc04b8e8f559bdc3209a533b19e0dae1a7693052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louwrentius Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:23:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Created wiki page through web user interface. --- wiki/Requirements.wiki | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wiki/Requirements.wiki diff --git a/wiki/Requirements.wiki b/wiki/Requirements.wiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c17ebe --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/Requirements.wiki @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +#summary What is required in order to run PPSS? +#labels Phase-Deploy + += Requirements = + +The sole requirement for PPSS to work is the Bash shell and the availability of the mkfifo command. PPSS is written using features that are specific to Bash shell and is thus not portable to shells like dash and ksh. + +In the future, I might consider rewriting PPSS in order to make it 'portable' to other shells. However, I spent some time on it already and It seems that this will be a major effort and even may not be possible. However I will not discard the idea.