>James Carlson wrote: >> It probably won't help you much, but I'd expect class action scripts >> (used during package install/upgrade) to be where a lot of the >> script-level work gets done, and even there, it's usually something >> like nawk that does the heavy lifting, not /sbin/sh. > >But you can't compile those unless the shcomp kernel module to execute >compiled scripts is first backported to Solaris 8 and later releases, >since class action scripts from Nevada packages may be running on those >OS versions if Live Upgrade is in use.
And I doubt that use of those scripts uses a lot of "shell time". Casper
