Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Don Cragun wrote: > > This case proposes to introduce the new file /etc/ksh.kshrc to the > > system, as a per-system configuration file for interactive ksh93 (Korn > > Shell). > > Will this file be used by the existing ksh88-based shells in Solaris? > (/usr/bin/ksh, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, and /usr/dt/bin/dtksh) > If so, will the proposed contents be compatible with them or affect them?
The old Solaris /usr/bin/ksh and it's /usr/xpg4/bin/sh derivate do not recognize /etc/ksh.kshrc (unfortunately - this issue cases some pain for adminstrators). dtksh does not recognize it either but only because the Sun version is based on an ancient ksh93d-_alpha base. If we would update the Solaris version to use the new ksh93 basis then it would recognize /etc/ksh.kshrc - but this would be no problem for existing dtksh scripts because /etc/ksh.kshrc and ~/.kshrc are only read for interactive shells (and I doubt that any dtksh users would complain about having a default editor mode turned-on by default for an interactive dtksh session... :-) ). ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
