(Topic moved from misc@ https://marc.info/?t=154091182000002&r=1&w=2
as it's a question about whether it's a bug:)


sh's man page (http://man.openbsd.org/sh#DESCRIPTION) says:

"This version of sh is actually ksh in disguise. As such, it also
supports the features described in ksh(1). This manual page describes
only the parts relevant to a POSIX compliant sh."

When I read that originally, I perceived it as that "sh" and "ksh"
normally would have equivalent behavior - which also seems logical
given that their binaries are byte-equivalent.

The meaning I gather from the sentence is that sh and ksh are
equivalent and that instead the man pages will describe different
functionalities that are actually available in both.

Can that phrase in sh's man page be tweaked so that my misunderstanding
no longer is possible?

Do you find my misunderstanding a reasonable reading?

Joseph

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