so different flavors of linux are more compatible? i thought the only two unix players out there now are HP and Solaris. who else is out there?
so is going between unix flavors like going between databases? > > From: "Nuno Souto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/08/26 Tue AM 09:59:33 EDT > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: OT - Linux books ?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > how different is it to administer oracle on different flavors of unix? Im running > > into some annoying nuassances in > syntax between solaris korn shell and hp-unix korn shell. > > > > is it just little syntax differences or is there alot more to it? > > > > > You sure it's HP korn-shell? The default shell looks like korn, > but it isn't. Looks like bourne as well, but again: it isn't. > It is indeed the Posix shell, which is about right between > the other 2. > > The only shell I've always found is reliable is the old > bourne shell. Just about the same everywhere. Once again, > the default HP one is NOT the bourne shell even though it > is called "sh". Of course you lose the niceties of command > history and such, but if you're writing admin scripts what > the heck do you need history for? > > Let's not touch the C-shell... > > As for administration of Unix itself: yikes! Depends > which was the original Unix flavour: AT&T System V > or Berkeley BSD. SunOS was mostly BSD, Solaris got > a lot of SystemV in it. HP was mostly BSD, but it got > a lot of the SV stuff into it until HP decided to become > Posix-compliant. Since then, it's been potluck. > > This basically means that features will be very much the same > in principle, but located in different directory structures, > used with different utilities, and have slightly different > parameters. > > Welcome to the joys of Unix incompatibility with itself. > No wonder people are going Linux. > Oh! Hang-on a tick... > > Cheers > Nuno Souto > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Nuno Souto > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
