[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My understanding is we write for sh from 1978 because every *nix > understands the code. Zones and other Sun servers default to that > shell. Every admin I know changes the shell on Sun servers, but code > written for that ancient sh works on bash, csh, and ksh so the purpose > is more about being generic than the zones server.
if i'm feeling masochistic, i boot up my 4-way sparcserver 20 and enjoy some old solaris without gnu tools for old times' sake. if i want to get a job done, i let dead and obsolete systems rest in peace and upgrade to something from the current century. i'm all for backwards compatibility where it can be accomplished without ugliness, but coding for a 1978 shell even if it leads to horrible hacks nobody understands... i don't think that's worth it. if nobody objects, i'll try and change our zones shell to something reasonable. i'm not advocating BASHisms, just that we shouldn't waste time catering to shells no sane admin would ever use for real work. -- Jörn Nettingsmeier "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
