BASHBUG(1)                                   bashbug                                   BASHBUG(1)



NAME
       bashbug - report a bug in bash

SYNOPSIS
       bashbug [--help] [--version] [bug-report-email-addresses]

DESCRIPTION
       bashbug is a utility for reporting bugs in Bash to the maintainers.

       bashbug will start up your preferred editor with a preformatted bug report template for
       you to fill in. Save the file and quit the editor once you have completed the missing
       fields.  bashbug will notify you of any problems with the report and ask for confirmation
       before sending it. By default the bug report is mailed to both the GNU developers and the
       Debian Bash maintainers. The recipients can be changed by giving a comma separated list of
       bug-report-email-addresses.

       If you invoke bashbug by accident, just quit your editor. You will always be asked for
       confirmation before a bug report is sent.

OPTIONS
       --help
              Show a brief usage message and exit.

       --version
              Show the version of bashbug and exit.

       bug-report-email-addresses
              Comma separated list of recipients´ email addresses. By default the report is
              mailed to both the GNU developers and the Debian Bash maintainers.

ENVIRONMENT
       DEFEDITOR
              Editor to use for editing the bug report.

       EDITOR
              Editor to use for editing the bug report (overridden by DEFEDITOR).

SEE ALSO
       bash(1), reportbug(1), update-alternatives(8) for preferred editor.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Christer Andersson <klamm AT comhem.se> for the Debian
       project (but may be used by others).



GNU Bash 3.1                             11 December 2007                              BASHBUG(1)