From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 27 11:09:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA22773 for current-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:09:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA22768 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:09:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id LAA25975 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:09:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from schizo.dk.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0vowOj-0003yMC; Mon, 27 Jan 97 11:07 PST Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (critter.dk.tfs.com [140.145.230.252]) by schizo.dk.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA16610; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:07:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id SAA09786; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:56:00 +0100 (MET) To: Garrett Wollman cc: VaX#n8 , tech-userlevel@netbsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ash & POSIX 1003.2 q's In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:58:38 EST." <9701271658.AA27187@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:56:00 +0100 Message-ID: <9784.854387760@critter.dk.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Tom Duff once noted that the grammar given in the AT&T sh(1) man page >did not allow even such simple commands as `who | wc'. He then went >on to say, ``[There is] an even darker secret: nobody really knows >what the Bourne shell's grammar is.'' Even Bourne himself have admitted to this fact at some point. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.