David Korn wrote:
>> I agree that changing the name as seen by users (via 'builtin -f') is
>> a bad idea, but I don't agree that putting plugins in the top level of
>> /usr/lib is a good idea, nor do I agree that the user interface must
>> always map directly into the internal implementation.
>>
>> So, I don't see how renaming or moving aside the library will break
>> any scripts, so long as 'builtin -f cmd' continues to do exactly the
>> same thing.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Most shell plugins should go in .../lib/ksh/plugin.so but libcmd.so
> is different since it is not just usable by ksh.  We have
> nearly 40 other commands that use this library and changing the
> location would not work for other systems that also use these commands.

Using the def* interface in libcmd or using the b_* ones that this case 
adds ?

Are any of these 40 other commands similar to ones in Solaris.

-- 
Darren J Moffat

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