Talk:Korn shell
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[edit] Standards compliance
- >>>Ksh aim to respect the Shell Language Standard (POSIX 1003.2 "Shell and Utilities Language Committee").<<<
This sentence makes no sense. Shouldn't this be something like:
- "Ksh's aim is to replace the Shell Language ..."
I am just commenting on the wording. I don't know the specifics of KSH's goals.
- I think think wording in the article is correct. They want to be compatible with the standard POSIX shell, not replace it. --Merphant 05:51, 18 Nov 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Vendors shipping ksh93
"(as of 2005 only Solaris ships ksh88, all other Unix vendors migrated to ksh93 and even Linux distributions started shipping ksh93)"
is not entirely accurate: IBM still ships AIX with a modified ksh88 as /bin/ksh but has started shipping /bin/ksh93 for the same (starting at least @ version 5.2).
--Sonicbphuct 21:11, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Actually this comment is not correct: IBM France confirmed that AIX ships with ksh93 as default - ksh88 is available as a compatibility package
The original comment isn't correct HP-UX from 10.20 (at least) onwards shipped with ksh88, dtksh (derivative of ksh93) and the default shell which was POSIX-sh - a derived ksh88, to fit with the POSIX standard; there's some minor differences (e.g. you can have several string manipulations in serial on a variable: ${a%.sh##*/} but it is generally backwardly compatible.
[edit] Book cover
The book cover is amusing (being signed by the band), but it's not terribly helpful here. Can anyone think of a reason that an article on the Korn shell NEEDS more than just an image of the logo? -Harmil 15:47, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- I concur. If I don't see any objections (other than it's humourous) here in the next couple of days I will remove it. Gh5046 20:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
I personally think the book cover is hilarious! I find it humorous enough to jusify its place on this page. After all, it is illustrating the manual cover, isn't it? :) -Jellocube27 21:20, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I think it adds confusion. There's really no relation between the shell and the band. The shell predates the band by many years. And Wikipedia is not a comic book, there's no need to be amusing. It's meant to be informative. --82.141.48.198 18:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Why would someone destroy a perfectly good book? --Peepokeet 23:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Kornshell.gif
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[edit] what about mksh?
Maybe it should be mentioned as well. 84.191.226.162 (talk) 02:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
