ka@june.cs.washington.edu (Kenneth Almquist) (01/20/89)
There seems to be a law that says that right after you release a copy of
a program you will find a bug in it. So in order to find the bugs in
my shell I have decided to start mailing out copies of it. Prospectus:
- Shell functions are done a bit better than in System V. You can set
up a directory of shell functions and include it in your path, so your
functions are there when you want them and you don't pay for them if
you don't use them.
- Berkeley job control support is included.
- Expr(1) is built in.
- Most of the System V shell is implemented. A few shell builtins (getopts,
times, ulimit) are not included, a few options (a, h, t, u, v) are not
supported, and a few features (checking for mail, <&-) are missing.
- You get source, so you can add your favorite features.
If you are interested, drop me a note and I'll start mailing out copies
in a couple of days. The shell is pretty big, so it's best if you are
on the internet.
Kenneth Almquist