Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] am Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 01:22:17PM +0200:
> > But UNIX un general don"t have it. So you should not rely on it.
>
> He doesn't - he merely explained to me, how less is set in Debian, or
> something like that. To my understanding, he nowhere said that he relies on
> this.
>
> You know, somehow I'm beginning to think, that compatability with ancient
> Unix systems is not important anymore. Maybe it's because of the pains that
> has to be taken to make sure that something as simple as his script is
> portable, maybe it's because of your constant rambilings against Linux and
> GNU and pro-Standards. Dunno.
I think that anything intended to be portable should use features
common to Linux, Solaris and AIX. That should make most packages also
run on SVR3 and SVR4, which includes most SCO, NEC and UNISYS systems. I
don't usually take pains to make scripts run on SysIII, although I can
do it if I must.
But I would certainly use more instead of less, which has been
discussed here, because I know that less isn't everywhere and more
pretty much is. SVR2 used pg as the pager, and that's vanished (and NOT
missed).
I wouldn't write off anything not Linux, much as I would like to some
days.
--
-bill davidsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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