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Re: bash manual/info lacks examples



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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