decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) (03/06/87)
The Korn Shell's built-in typeset command has a flag that is somewhat mysterious to me. -F This flag provides UNIX to host-name file mapping on non-UNIX systems. OK, what is "UNIX to host-name file mapping"? Do I need to provide it on my UNIX system? Dave Decot hpda!decot
sivagnan@handel.ColoState.EDU (S. Vasanthan) (12/28/88)
Is ksh (Korn Shell?) Public Domain? If so where can I get a copy. Thanks Vasanthan sivagnan@handel.cs.colostate.edu
jmc@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Jerry Carlin) (12/29/88)
In article <894@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> sivagnan@handel.ColoState.EDU (S. Vasanthan) writes: >Is ksh (Korn Shell?) Public Domain? No. >If so where can I get a copy. AT&T Toolchest, (201) 522-6900, login guest -- Jerry Carlin (415) 823-2441 {bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!jmc To dream the impossible dream. To fight the unbeatable foe.
rfarris@serene.UUCP (Rick Farris) (12/29/88)
In article <894@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> sivagnan@handel.ColoState.EDU (S. Vasanthan) writes: >Is ksh (Korn Shell?) Public Domain? No. >If so where can I get a copy. Both Aspen Technologies and Mortice Kern Systems sell Korn Shell for Microport and Xenix. Aspen also supports 3Bs, Suns, and NCR Towers. I've used both, and despite the high-quality of MKS's Toolkit, I find their *nix implementation of ksh to be lacking. I'd recommend Aspen Technologies. Aspen Technologies, Inc. POB 5727 Parsippany, NJ 07054 (201) 316-0866 I have no association with Aspen Tech, other than as a happy customer. Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 rfarris@serene.cts.com ...!uunet!serene!rfarris serene.UUCP 259-7757
rye@sfmin.UUCP (R.Schwark) (12/30/88)
> In article <894@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> sivagnan@handel.ColoState.EDU (S. Vasanthan) writes: > >Is ksh (Korn Shell?) Public Domain? > > No. > > >If so where can I get a copy. > > Both Aspen Technologies and Mortice Kern Systems sell Korn Shell for > Microport and Xenix. Aspen also supports 3Bs, Suns, and NCR Towers. > I've used both, and despite the high-quality of MKS's Toolkit, I find > their *nix implementation of ksh to be lacking. I'd recommend Aspen > Technologies. > > Aspen Technologies, Inc. > POB 5727 > Parsippany, NJ 07054 > (201) 316-0866 Aspen sells binary versions of the Bell Labs version of the Korn Shell, which is available in source from the Toolchest, for which somebody already gave the number. I understand that MKS's version is a reimplementation, so they aren't from the same "source". Ry Schwark rye@attunix.att.com
JAMES1@nuhub.acs.northeastern.edu (James E. Jones) (03/08/89)
I have heard various people talk about a new Unix shell called the Korn shell. I'd like to find out how to get it for our computers (Sun Microsystems), and how much it costs. I'd also like to know the advantages that ksh has over csh and the Bourne shell. Please send the info directly to me and I'll repost the answers to the net. Thanks in advance! Sincerely Yours, James E. Jones, Jr. College of Engineering Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts 02115 internet: james@vaxe.coe.northeastern.edu BITnet: james@nuhub phone: (617)437-4430
Pabbisetty.henr@xerox.com (Nagesh Pabbisetty) (03/09/89)
There is a good paper comparing the Cshell, Bourne shell and Korn shell in: Title : UNIX Papers for UNIX Developers and Power Users. Edited by : Mitchell Waite. Publishers : Howard W. Sams & Company. This might be a good starting point... Nagesh 716-427-1827 / 5458
guy@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (guy.r.berentsen) (08/16/89)
I am running Unix System V/386 Relesae 3.2 on an AT&T 6386 WGS. Setting VISUAL=vi on a serial terminal disables KSH (every keystroke is turned into a <cr>) I tried this with 2 terminal types (vt100 & 610), so I assume it is not a termcap problem. VISUAL=emacs works fine on a serial terminal, and either vi or emacs mode ksh editing works fine from the console. Any Ideas?
stumpf@gtenmc.UUCP (Jon S. Stumpf) (03/29/90)
By mistake I typed a pipeline with a missing command similar to the following: ls | > tmp Obviously, I am missing a command after the pipe (eg. sort). Looking at the grammar on page 310-311 in "The Korn Shell" by Bolsky and Korn, I believe that a "command" cannot reduce into nothing. This would indicate to me that I should receive some kind of syntax error. Instead, tmp is created and has zero length. I am running /bin/ksh, Version 11/16/88b. Is this an error or am I reading the grammar wrong? -- jss - Jon S. Stumpf
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (03/29/90)
In article <710@gtenmc.UUCP> stumpf@gtenmc.UUCP (Jon S. Stumpf) writes: > ls | > tmp >Looking at the grammar on page 310-311 in "The Korn Shell" by Bolsky >and Korn, I believe that a "command" cannot reduce into nothing. However, the Korn shell attempts to be upward compatible with the Bourne shell, which doesn't really have a rigorous grammar (although it comes much closer than the Cshell). In the Bourne shell, >tmp is the easiest way to create a 0-length file.
stumpf@gtenmc.UUCP (Jon S. Stumpf) (03/30/90)
In article <710@gtenmc.UUCP>, stumpf@gtenmc.UUCP (Jon S. Stumpf) writes: > > By mistake I typed a pipeline with a missing command similar to the following: > > ls | > tmp > > I am running /bin/ksh, Version 11/16/88b. Is this an error or am I reading > the grammar wrong? "> tmp" or io redirection is a simple-command as specified in the grammar. This was *my* error :-/. I thank the net for giving me straight answers and no flames for my lack of thoroughness. -- jss - Jon S. Stumpf
csual@warwick.ac.uk (Jas) (10/18/90)
While working during the summer I used ksh a lot and really liked it.
Someone told me that it was PD so I wondered if this is true and if anyone
knows where to get hold of it, or if there is something similar about?
I'm also not sure if it will run on our Uni System V - the machine at
work was a Unix V.4.
Any help is appreciated,
Jas.
Answers on the back of a postcard to:
csual@uk.ac.warwick.cuhakimian%luke.eecs.WSU.EDU@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (10/19/90)
Is there a P.D. ksh available? If so where? I would like to be able to run the same shell on all of the machines that I use, but we do not have ksh for bsd. Please reply by email since I do not alway get this newsgroup. Thanks. Karl Hakimian hakimian@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu