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BASHBUG(1)             DragonFly General Commands Manual            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
              attempts to locate a number of alternative editors, including
              emacs.  If bashbug cannot locate any of the alternative editors,
              it attempts to execute vi.

       HOME   Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail
              fails.

       TMPDIR Directory in which to create temporary files and directories.

SEE ALSO
       bash(1)

AUTHORS
       Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
       bfox@gnu.org

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

GNU Bash 5.1                     2020 August 1                      BASHBUG(1)