On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 04:49:38PM +0200, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> >
> > It's been a LONG time since I've use the authentic one-and-only
> > Bourne shell. How many Bourne shell clones do we have floating
> > around here these days?
> >
> > Mike
>
> I don't know about clones, but I am typing this on an SGI box where sh
> _is_ the Bourne shell, and I also have access to a Solaris server where
> this is true. OTOH I don't think there is a real problem using ksh, ash,
> zsh, or bash features, unless the first line of your script reads
>
> #! /bin/sh
>
Yeah, that was what I was referring to originally... I have
/bin/sh linked to ash, rather than bash. There was some discussion
on the list previously about this (seems a few others are doing the
same). I used Bourne shell about 3 years ago when I was a SCO
admin, but since then, I've only had access to Linux.
Mike
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