talsperre / Bash-Shell

Code for C based bash shell

C Shell

Implementation of a C based bash shell using system calls

Getting Started

To run the shell, write:

make

Followed by:

./shell

Features

• Comma separated commands can be given as input. For e.g. echo hello ; ls -al will produce hello then the contents of the current directory.
• Bonus
  • If background process exits then it displays the appropriate message to the user
  • Command nightswatch (Now my watch begins) implemented - dirty version is completed.
• Modularized code
  • Uses makefile for compilation process
  • All header files and declarations in header.h
• Proper error handling whenever required
• Uniform coding style (Variable names, brackets styling)
• Supports signal handling (eg. Ctrl-C returns Caught signal 2)
  • Ctrl-C returns Caught signal 2, exiting
• Properly documented
• Unit tests for certain functions

Authors

• S. Shashank (20161103)
• Kanay Gupta (20161098)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details