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Article #1092Bugs in /bin/csh in AIX version 2.2.1
From: Michael Richmond
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 19:26
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 19:26
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We have run into a number of bugs with /bin/csh on our RTs after upgrading
them to AIX version 2.2.1. Specifically, the csh variable expressions
$< and $#argv give us trouble, as these transcripts show:
% set a=$<
Missing name for redirect.
% cat > foo
#!/bin/csh
echo $#argv
^D
% chmod +x foo
% foo
Variable syntax.
%
I have suspicions about other csh expressions failing, also. We have the
version 2.2.1 manuals for AIX, and they say that these csh expressions
SHOULD work.
Can anyone tell me if, indeed, the 2.2.1 /bin/csh is royally screwed up?
Here's the 'ls' output for our /bin/csh, in case it helps to identify it:
% ls -l /bin/csh
204 -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 100820 Mar 29 1990 /bin/csh
Is there some documentation for the new 'features?' Can we be safe by
switching our programming to the Bourne shell? Thanks for any help
you can give me.
-- Michael Richmond
"This is the heart that broke my finger." richmond@bait.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!astroplasma.berkeley.edu!richmond From: richmond@astroplasma.berkeley.edu (Michael Richmond) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Bugs in /bin/csh in AIX version 2.2.1 Message-ID: <1991Jan31.192649.6510@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 31 Jan 91 19:26:49 GMT Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: richmond@astroplasma.berkeley.edu (Michael Richmond) Organization: Dept of Astronomy, UC Berkeley Lines: 32