ksh as replacement for sh on 3b1

Richard Stevens stevens at hsi.UUCP
Fri Dec 8 07:22:13 AEST 1989


In article <1717 at mtunb.ATT.COM>, jcm at mtunb.ATT.COM (John McMillan) writes:
> 
> 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.

That's funny, because the latest release of the KornShell from the
Toolchest specifically lists the UNIX-PC as one of the systems
on which ksh has been used as a replacement for sh.  Perhaps you're
referring to the older version of ksh (circa 1986) that  comes with
the 3b1 ?

	Richard Stevens
	Health Systems International, New Haven, CT
	   stevens at hsi.com
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