richr@etl.ARPA (Richard Rosenthal) (05/06/88)
Portability of KSH...??? Here is a dribble file that shows the problem: $ #in ksh... $ /bin/ls -C -a . .cshrc .history .logout bin p .. .environ .indent.pro .profile flight tcp .alias .exrc .login 4d misc temp $ #output from "echo *" is strange, so, have to send it to "od" $ echo * | od -c 0000000 004 m i s c 013 . i n d e n 0000020 t . p r o g i n l o g o u t 0000040 s s t o r y 240 036 375 371 245 363 355 0000060 351 303 344 336 240 330 324 300 307 271 262 254 \n 0000076 $ sh $ echo * 4d bin flight misc p tcp temp <eof> So, commands like this do not work: $ ls * $ ls *.c FACTS: Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D/60 Turbo UNIX System V Release 3.2 IP4 Version 2 with Berkeley enhancements MIPS CPU R2000 MIPS FPP R2010 $ what /bin/ksh /bin/ksh: Version 06/03/86a I obtained ksh from Toolchest on 21 April 1988 and built it using supplied files without any intervention. Besides this problem, ksh seems to work fine on the Silicon Graphics 4D/60. I also tried building a 7-bit version of ksh as per the installation instructions but that did not change things. I note this problem without knowing exactly what question to ask about it. -- Richard Rosenthal | ARPANET: richr@etl.arpa US Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories | UUCP: ??? Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5546 | PHONE: +1 202 355 2830