Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
> 
> > Mhhh... would it be a good idea to make a standalone wrapper (e.g. |int
> > main(int ac, char **av, char **env) { return b_uname(ac, av, env); }|)
> > around the ksh93 builtin and stuff it into /usr/xpg4/bin/ ? That may be
> > a cheap way to get a POSIX-conformant "uname" into that directory... :-)
> 
> Why do you believe that /usr/bin/uname is not POSIX compliant?

Let me re-phrase that statement: "... a cheap way to get a version of
'uname' into that directory which does not have Solaris-specific
extensions (e.g. allows the creation of portable scripts without the
risk of falling into the 'OS-specific-extension'-trap again)". Better ?
:-)

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Bye,
Roland

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