2008-12-1, 01:10(+01), Sven Mascheck: > In comp.unix.shell Stephane CHAZELAS wrote: > >> The Bourne shell, as can still be found on some systems either in some >> non-standard place (/bin on Solaris, /usr/old/bin on HPUX) or named >> differently [...] > > What do you mean with "non-standard place" here?
It's true it was vague and misleading, /bin is not the standard place to look for "sh" as far as the "POSIX" standard is concerned. That doesn't mean that standard commands (POSIX or not) cannot be found in /bin. But /bin/sh has been made a non-standard place for "sh". It's the "legacy" place. Those commands that have not undergone non-backward compatible changes with POSIX can still be found in /bin, the others are to be found in /usr/xpg<x>/bin (for the standard versions). -- Stéphane -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
