On 31-Jul-05, 19:53 (CDT), Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, currently Solaris is doing bit advertisemet that they did not (never?) > break compatibility.
Which leads to wonderful things like /bin/sh *still* not being POSIX, or even ksh[1]...compatibility is nice, but it's not the ultimate goal of computing. Steve [1] Useful fragment for cross platform shell scripts: #!/bin/sh # Do the Solaris Dance: if [ ! -d ~root ] ; then exec /usr/xpg4/bin/sh $0 "$@" fi -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. -- seen on the net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]