Bingo - thanks Rick! That was the clue (I missed that they were looking pretty much the same). When I asked again about ksh it I got an argument about why ksh was better - still not admitted to... But hey, they're gun their foot and the force (command) is with me.
Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] SLES9 problem with /bin/sh Neat tip from Mark. I'll hafta keep that in mind. Note that your /bin/sh has the same size and date as your /bin/ksh. > ... > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 246686 Apr 4 2005 ksh ... > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 246686 Apr 4 2005 sh ... While I categorically refuse to use shell extensions in scripts, I know that some (most?) distributors employ BASH extensions. (To which end they SHOULD have coded "#!/bin/bash" instead of "#!/bin/sh" in whatever script(s) have such dependencies.) Probably someone (and you said they're not admitting it) had a preference for KSH and made a copy. Should have been a link, better, should have been left alone. And yeah you can ding the distributor for sloppy coding there too. -- R; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
