That's because on Linux, /bin/sh is typically just a symlink to /bin/bash. I would imagine if you were to use bash on your Solaris machine the result would be what you were expecting. And vice versa, if you were to actually use the real bourne shell on Linux, it would fail.
-Sam -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:20 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Philosophy: connecting to a Linux server On Apr 3, 2007, at 5:17 PM, Adam Thornton wrote: > > Seriously, folks. It's Linux, not Solaris: /bin/sh is POSIX- > compliant (boy, was I surprised last week when some of my POSIX > scripts barfed-and-died on. Er, I seem to have forgotten what I was doing there. barfed-and-died on Solaris 10) is what I meant. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
