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Article #13162SKsh compatibility with unix or AmigaDOS (was: Re: Using PIP:)
From: John Flanagan
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 19:55
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 19:55
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In article <1fdu02pp76f901@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes: >In article <4780@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> In article <11223@thorin.cs.unc.edu> tell@oscar.cs.unc.edu (Stephen Tell) writes: >> >> > But env: is deficient in that its "global" and therefore you can't have >> > more than one environment. >> >> I understand this. However you should retain compatibility with the system >> as it exists. Similarly, your programs should use AmigaDOS keyword argument >> handling rather than UNIX -option style, and they should work properly under >> the Workbench and CLI as well as RogueStartup. > >If you opt for compatibility as Peter suggests, could you please make it >settable. Alot of people prefer -option style specifications. > >Similarly with a solution to the env: problem. Permit me to disagree more strongly than Kim. The whole point of SKsh, as I understand it, is to emulate one of the Unix shells (tsh?). There are already plenty of shells available which stick to the Amiga Shell model. Lets have one for us Unix-heads. John Flanagan Space Sciences Laboratory johnf@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu University of California (...!ucbvax!sag4.ssl!johnf) Berkeley, CA 94720 Manners Maketh Man. (415) 643-6308
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!stew.ssl.berkeley.edu!johnf From: johnf@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Flanagan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: SKsh compatibility with unix or AmigaDOS (was: Re: Using PIP:) Summary: Unix style, please Keywords: dupping closing pipes Message-ID: <1989Dec19.195535.13068@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 19 Dec 89 19:55:35 GMT References: <4689@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1610.AA1610@julie> <1718.AA1718@julie> <4780@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1fdu02pp76f901@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 29