jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) (01/18/91)
In article <1991Jan2.174157.21530@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> chet@po.CWRU.Edu writes: >The BSD /bin/sh is the one from v7, with minimal changes for the 4.2 BSD >signal semantics (restarted system calls, etc.) and # as a comment >character. The AT&T /bin/sh changed drastically beginning with System V.2, >and further changes appeared in System V.3. [Lots of good details deleted.] From the discription, it sounds like the sh that Sun ships with SunOS-3.5 and later is much closer to the ATT version than the BSD version. Is this a correct interpretation? -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-C51 | BIX: smithjoe | CA license plate: "POPJ P," (PDP-10) San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga 3000 speaks for me."
chet@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu (Chet Ramey) (01/18/91)
In article <1440@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes: >From the discription, it sounds like the sh that Sun ships with SunOS-3.5 >and later is much closer to the ATT version than the BSD version. >Is this a correct interpretation? Yes. The version of sh shipped in SunOS 3.x (x >= 0, I think -- Guy Harris will catch me if I'm wrong) is based on the V.2 /bin/sh, with mods from the BRL version of that shell to fix up it's baroque memory management a bit. Starting with SunOS 4.0, the Sun sh is derived from the V.3 sh. Chet -- Chet Ramey ``There's just no surf in Network Services Group Cleveland, U.S.A. ...'' Case Western Reserve University chet@ins.CWRU.Edu My opinions are just those, and mine alone.