I probably should my answer through a bit more. We would need to continue to carry some information for any shell that could be used, but what we really want to do is emphasize newer shells, so we don't give the impression that the documentation isn't keeping up with changes in the OS.
To that end, we will need to eventually replace all of the command examples with examples that reflect the most current release. So, in looking at that table, what we probably want to do is just augment it to include any newer shells that are used in OpenSolaris, along with what the prompt would look like. I don't think writers will be able to replace every single command example in one release. Thanks, Nita On 08/10/09 16:07, Charles Seeger wrote: > +------ Juanita Heieck wrote (Mon, 10-Aug-2009, 15:31 -0600): > | > | Just to clarify. All > | the "current" documentation will need to be updated to reflect > | with information about the shells that are used in the OpenSolaris > | release. > | The plan is actually to remove information for any shells > | that are older, like C" and "Bourne" and only > | include the currently-used shells. > > csh still is shipped with the latest OpenSolaris. Are there plans > to change that? AFAIK, Bourne is gone completely. (Or is that it > hiding in the /usr/has/bin directory? Cute.) > > OTOH, it does make sense to change any remaining command line examples > away from csh. That is a vestige of the BSD heritage of SunOS 4 and > earlier (as is the inclusion of /etc on the "common" root PATH further > down on p. 20). For the purposes of command line examples, bash and ksh > (and POSIX) likely are close enough to obviate the need for that table > of shell prompts altogether. > > | Changing the tables ... After that, we have to change the actual > | the command examples themselves. : ) > > Indeed! > > Regards, > Chuck > >
