> even i don't understand why such basic features have > been deprecated. What will happen to application > which user "test" command, or applications using C > script??? > Guess the Answer will be "Executive Decision. End of > discussion" :)
"please don't use this in scripts you send us" != "going away". Style guides are about wanting a consistent, easy-to-read (in someone's opinion, not necessarily yours) appearance, not about what's going to break tomorrow. But scripting in C-shell _is_ evil (it's so-so interactively compared to tcsh, bash, or better yet, ksh93): from csh(1): > Although robust enough for general use, adventures into the > esoteric periphery of the C shell may reveal unexpected > quirks. from all over the web: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/CshTop10.txt http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/csh/ This message posted from opensolaris.org
