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The Monday 2008-01-07 at 15:09 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Bill Anderson wrote:
Bourne shell compatibility. You might also note that under Linux it is /usr/bin/sh, /usr/bin/ksh, and /bin/bash.
No, not really:
cer@nimrodel:~> l /bin/sh /usr/bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-11-03 02:13 /bin/sh -> bash* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2007-11-03 02:13 /usr/bin/sh -> /bin/bash*
cer@nimrodel:~> l /bin/ksh /usr/bin/ksh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-11-03 16:07 /bin/ksh -> /lib/ast/bin/ksh* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-11-03 16:07 /usr/bin/ksh -> /lib/ast/bin/ksh*
cer@nimrodel:~> l /bin/bash /usr/bin/bash ls: cannot access /usr/bin/bash: No such file or directory - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 604040 2007-09-22 00:16 /bin/bash*
- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. My original comment about /bin being linked to /usr/bin applied only to Solaris, AIX, and HPUX. Yet, all the examples of why I am wrong are from Linux. If you were on a Unix system, there would not be a /lib/ast/ksh, as KornShell is in /usr/bin. The other difference you will notice is
Carlos E. R. wrote: that AIX now has bsh for Bourne Shell. Those who use Unix also notice the emphasis on hard links in Unix versus symbolic links in Linux. Bill Anderson WW7BA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org