On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 00:39, <perryh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I take your point about non-standard extensions, but the way >> round that is to stick to the original Bourne shell syntax and >> not use the extensions. > > Which is all well and good, provided one is aware of what > is and is not an extension. Absent a true Bourne shell for > testing, extensions may easily turn up in a script that was > intended to be portable. > I'll try testing on Solaris occasionally... It seem to at least be a lot nearer to Bourne than bash.... dash is a another option. (I can't find a package for the heirloom bourne shell) http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5165/sh-1?a=view (/bin is a link to /usr/bin on Solaris...) Gert
