browsix

I'm not sure of the cause, but it's a known issue. $ cat README Welcome to Browsix! For more info, please check out: https://github.com/plasma-umass/browsix Known issues with this shell: - 'cd' is not implemented. - backspacing past '$' produces "interesting" results $

That was our first shell we used for debugging before we had emscripten working. The shell currently used in the demo is dash, compiled with emscripten: https://github.com/plasma-umass/browsix/blob/master/src/dash... Which ends up in the build through our gulpfile: https://github.com/plasma-umass/browsix/blob/master/gulpfile...

This is apparently the source code for it: https://github.com/plasma-umass/browsix/blob/master/src/bin/... It doesn't do much, and certainly does not qualify as being unmodified existing code (which is what this whole system is supposed to be able to run as one of its benefits.)

Their github may be more informative. https://github.com/plasma-umass/browsix Seems they are using web workers to implement a POSIX environment. And their shell demo do not even support cd(!).

Wow, looks like a big deal. I've been reading through https://github.com/plasma-umass/browsix/blob/master/doc/repo... which is a really nice article, but I'd recommend you to tell a bit more on what this level of indirection brings. You mention Bluetooth for example in the beginning which is an example of hardware that is yet not supported from the browser. Applications beyond what can currently be done in a UNIX shell would be good. You already have thought long about it. I feel you can tell us much more about possibilities!!!