second disk partitions on UNIXPC
Robert J. Granvin
rjg at sialis.mn.org
Fri Dec 8 14:34:53 AEST 1989
In article <1717 at mtunb.ATT.COM> jcm at mtunb.UUCP (John McMillan) writes:
>In article <12028 at cbnews.ATT.COM> mvadh at cbnews.ATT.COM (andrew.d.hay,54242,wi,1d007,508 374 5484) writes:
>>what if you make ksh the standard SHELL for install, and make a .kshrc
>>file with alias -x ln=mv ?
>
>1) Replacing SH with KSH is a serious breach of sanity.
> KSH is ALMOST a superset of SH -- but the differences are VERY
> REAL. It can waste hours or days for support people when folks
> play this game.
Not the mention the ongoing babble several months ago...
ksh and sh differ in even the ways they handle errors.
If sh hits a line that blows off, the whole script blows off at that
point, and you stop.
If ksh hits a line that blows off, it feels the pain and loss, but
continues on happily through the script.
If your script _relies_ on the fact that it will fail if a line fails,
imagine the damage potential if it doesn't (And yes, there are many
like it).
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