[comp.unix.shell] ksh documentation/books needed

ahw@tove.cs.umd.edu (Andrew H. White) (05/17/91)

i previously posted an article but somehow the body of the text never
made it. so here goes again. i am posting this for someone else who
has obtained source for the ksh on sunOS 4.0.3. they are interested in
using it but they are having trouble finding good documentation and/or
literature. if someone could point me to an ftp site, a book title or
something else for this general purpose, i would appreciate it.
thx

markus@mwhh.hanse.de (Markus Witt) (05/20/91)

ahw@tove.cs.umd.edu (Andrew H. White) writes:

>i previously posted an article but somehow the body of the text never
>made it. so here goes again. i am posting this for someone else who
>has obtained source for the ksh on sunOS 4.0.3. they are interested in
>using it but they are having trouble finding good documentation and/or
>literature. if someone could point me to an ftp site, a book title or
>something else for this general purpose, i would appreciate it.
>thx

Get "The Kornshell" written by Morris I. Bolsky and David G. Korn.
It has been published by Prentice-Hall.
ISBN 0-13-516972-0.

Since a previous discussion on the net said that the full version of ksh
isn't available as source, the book possibly describes not the `right'
version.
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QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Alan Thew) (05/25/91)

In article <1991May20.143557.204@mwhh.hanse.de>, markus@mwhh.hanse.de (Markus
Witt) says:
>
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>
>Get "The Kornshell" written by Morris I. Bolsky and David G. Korn.
>It has been published by Prentice-Hall.
>ISBN 0-13-516972-0.
>
>Since a previous discussion on the net said that the full version of ksh
>isn't available as source, the book possibly describes not the `right'
>version.

It describes the 88(d/e?) shell which is about as 'right' as you can get. It
shows the differences between the 88 and 86 versions.

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