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Article #4432Re: ksh
From: Art Isbell
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:55
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:55
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In article <Bz9voD.AF@research.canon.oz.au> andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman) writes: >fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes: >> >>Get BASH (Bourne Again SHell), the GNU version of ksh with lots of csh >>niceties and other good stuff. I've used it as login shell on Sun's >>and NeXT for years, and it's truly the best shell available. > >BASH is quite usable but is also very large. A quick comparison on my >machine shows it using four times as much memory NeXT's /bin/sh. >You've got to ask yourself if its worth it... Have you possibly neglected to strip bash? 259[~]% ls -l /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh -rwxr-xr-x 2 root 122880 Jul 21 06:16 /bin/sh* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 221184 Oct 5 11:28 /usr/local/bin/bash* 260[~]% bash -version bash -version GNU bash, version 1.12.1 -- Art Isbell Cubic Solutions NeXT Registered Developer #745 NeXT software development and consulting NeXTmail: isbell@cats.UCSC.EDU Voice: (408)335-1154 USmail: 95018-9442 Fax: (408)335-2515
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!isbell From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: ksh Date: 17 Dec 1992 01:55:08 GMT Organization: Cubic Solutions - NeXT software development and consulting Lines: 26 Message-ID: <1gomlsINNmot@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <1992Dec10.011541.27531@u.washington.edu> <FISCHER.92Dec12191250@solsort.iesd.auc.dk> <Bz9voD.AF@research.canon.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu