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Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet am: Montag, 18. Juni 2001 21:45
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: Unidentified subject!
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Davidsen)
> >
> > >"Mike A. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> /usr/bin/which is an ELF executable on Red Hat Linux, but I agree
> > >> that it definitely is not an application that can be expected to
> > >> be portable.
> >
> > > One of the reasons bash added 'type' as a builtin.
> >
> > "Type" is a shell builtin at least since 1982.
> I didn't know bash had been around that long, but why is the date
> relevant to the choice to include the feature when designing bash?
I don't think bash has been around at 1982, what J�rg refers to
is /bin/sh on at least Solaris 1 (SunOS), Sinix and AT&T Unix (being
the only Systems that old I have access to)
Regards,
-Stefan
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last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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