Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 08:35:45 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "set -A" Bourne script - a nogo on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000916083545.H27034@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20000915211957.A1285@nc.rr.com>; from aa8vb@nc.rr.com on Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:19:57PM -0400 References: <200009150310.OAA26100@lightning.itga.com.au> <20000915211957.A1285@nc.rr.com>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 21:19 -0400, Randall Hopper wrote:
>
> [ ... shell's -A option ... ]
>
> Reason I asked is my /bin/sh on IRIX at work has set -A.
You might invoke the shell with /bin/sh, but that doesn't mean
it's really a Bourne shell. Maybe 'file /bin/sh' and 'ls -li
/bin/*sh' will tell you something.
But I guess it's not a freebsd-stable issue. The reason for not
having an -A option was stated as well as an alternative solution
("man ascii") has been provided several times.
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