April Chin writes: > > Incompatibility (9)... Does this mean pattern matching in the same > > statement/command? Or subsequently for the rest of the script? Sounds > > like a bug. > > >From the COMPAT file: > > 9) In ksh93, pattern matching following a redirection symbol works only > in interactive shell, not in scripts. > > The above refers to pattern matching in the same statement. > For example, in a ksh93 script, "echo hi >> foo*" will write to the file > literally named "foo*" rather than to a file whose name matches the pattern > (starts with the string "foo") In Solaris ksh, the same script will > write to a file matching the pattern. I'll add the example.
That one is a surprising change, particularly so because it's dependent on something apparently unrelated to the problem (the result of isatty(0), I assume). I think it'll need to be discussed in the context of that future ksh replacement case. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
