Using ksh for command escapes from UA (UNIXPC)
Robert E. Stampfli
res at cbnews.ATT.COM
Mon Oct 31 03:38:51 AEST 1988
In article <2507 at rtech.rtech.com> ralph at rtech.rtech.com (Ralph Harnden) writes:
>When using "!command" to invoke commands from UA windows, it seems that UA
>fork/exec's /usr/lib/ua/uasetx, passing the parameters "/bin/sh -c command".
>Uasetx, in turn, seems to fork/exec the shell (first parameter) to invoke
>the command. And the shell, in turn, fork/exec's the command.
>
[ description of how to modify above pgms to use ksh ]
>
>Anybody: Is there an easier way? If not, I hope this helps....
I just moved /bin/sh and linked /bin/ksh as /bin/sh. Seriously, I have yet to
find one thing that *doesn't* work because of this.
Rob Stampfli
att!cbnews!res (work)
osu-cis!n8emr!kd8wk!res (home)
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