Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 03:26:14 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com> Cc: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: "set -A" Bourne script - a nogo on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200009160226.e8G2QFn02112@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com> of "Fri, 15 Sep 2000 21:19:57 EDT." <20000915211957.A1285@nc.rr.com>
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> Gregory Bond:
> |> Seems FreeBSD's Bourne shell's "set" command doesn't support -A.
> |
> |AFAICT "set -A" is a ksh-ism, not a bourne-ism. On my Solaris systems, ksh
> |has "set -A", but neither bash nor sh do. Install one of the ksh verisions
> |from the ports.
>
> Ok, maybe it isn't a universal Bourne-ism then.
>
> Reason I asked is my /bin/sh on IRIX at work has set -A.
I wouldn't be surprised (but don't know - I've never even logged onto
an IRIX box) if /bin/sh was a link to ksh !
> --
> Randall Hopper
> aa8vb@nc.rr.com
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