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hank@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:

> Gerd Grasshoff writes:
>> I would like to use the emx-package to port unix programmes to os2. As far as
>>  I can see there is no direct way to run shell scripts. Is there a cure?

>Do one of the following:

>1. Get sh164, ported by Kai Uwe Rommel, at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in
>pub/os2/all/gnu/.

>2. Get ms_sh200 from simtel20.army.mil in pd1:<msdos.sysutl> (?). There is
>an OS/2 1.x--2.0 version in the archive. This port is by Stewartson.

>3. Get the ksh alpha, ported by Kai Uwe Rommel, from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in
>pub/uploads/gnu+other/.

>sh164 and ms_sh200 have problems with long command lines. ms_sh apparently
>can be re-compiled to use other forms of argument passing (provided the called
>program understands these). Oh, I wish someone would do the re-compilation...

The MKS Toolkit for dos and/or os/2 includes the Korn shell and makes both
dos and os/2 99% compatibility with unix utilities and unix [k]sh
scripts.  I recommend it highly. MKS can be reached at 1-800-265-2797.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
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