Levi Pearson <l...@cold.org> writes: > Merrill Oveson <move...@gmail.com> writes: > >> My original question was: >> >> Would doing this in the C shell solve this problem? >> >> If so, and forgive my ignorance, does the C shell have all the usual easy to >> do: mkdir, mv, awk, sed, etc - capabilities? > > No, it wouldn't solve the "problem", which exists in pretty much all the > languages of the shell era. It would also give you even more problems, > because csh is even more broken than other shells. > > If you want a modern scripting language, use a modern scripting > language. Shells ain't it.
Actually, I take that back. A google search has told me that ksh93 specifies static scoping (see q28): http://www.kornshell.com/doc/faq.html So, there you go, you just need a half-decent shell. --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
