Hi There: This message is not debain related, however as this ML is my best source of information, I hope you'll excuse me.
I want to learn shell programming. Thus I went to my university's library and found a book named "UNIX Shell Programming". The problem is, the book is written on 1988, and covers shell programming on Korn, Bourne and the C Shell on both AT&T System V and Berkely systems ( I guess these two were the most major Unices at the time ). Obviously, I am using Debian GNU/Linux not System V or BSD, and I use BASH. But this is the only book in our library about shell programming. so I wonder: 1 ) Can this book be beneficial for me? or is it so obsolete that it is not usefull anymore? The book shows examples for all of these tree shells. Therefore I wonder 2 ) Bash is more similar to which one of these Shells? Korn Bourne or C ? 3) What things shall I keep in mind when reading example programs. Do commads on Korn, Bourne and C, usually work on Bash? Or is Bash using a completely diffrent syntax? Cheers -- "Dismiss the weak and inferior, embrace the Evil and Possess your Box before the beast that has been unleashed upon you" -UNDEAD EvilEntity Linux Aryan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]