To my knowledge, ksh-scripts are Korn-shell scripts, *not* Bourne-shell scripts. Since Bourne-shell is the most widely used shell, one could add bourne-shell scripts to Derby (.sh) , but one should not require Korn-shell scripts to be Bourne compatible.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Knut Anders Hatlen (JIRA) wrote (2005-11-03 18:45:46): > ksh scripts should be written in a more portable way > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-677 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-677 > Project: Derby > Type: Bug > Components: Demos/Scripts > Versions: 10.2.0.0, 10.1.2.1 > Reporter: Knut Anders Hatlen > Assigned to: Knut Anders Hatlen > Priority: Minor > > > The ksh scripts in the frameworks directory are written in a way which > is not totally portable. They use a syntax that is specific to ksh and > not understood by the standard Bourne shell. This prevents some > variants of Unix from running the scripts when you have the scripts' > path in your PATH environment variable. > > These commands work: > > ksh /path/to/scripts/ij.ksh > bash /path/to/scripts/ij.ksh > > These commands might not work on some platforms: > > sh /path/to/scripts/ij.ksh > /path/to/scripts/ij.ksh > ij.ksh # might not work even if /path/to/scripts is in PATH > > The syntax that is not portable is > > export VAR=value > > Rewriting it to > > VAR=value > export VAR > > would make the scripts portable to all shells in the Korn and Bourne > shell family. > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: > http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa > - > For more information on JIRA, see: > http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > -- Bernt Marius Johnsen, Database Technology Group, Sun Microsystems, Trondheim, Norway
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