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From: mikko@dynas.se (Mikko Tyolajarvi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Serious brain damage in /bin/sh for FreeBSD 2.1.5
Date: 29 Nov 1996 10:47:21 +0100
Organization: Dynasoft AB
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stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) writes:

>	Now I have more problems. The scripts assume that *only* ksh will
>source a file pointed to by the $ENV variable. Well geuss what the FreeBSD
>/bin/sh tries to load what is pointed to by the $ENV variablke. It of

[...]

>	Seriously, whats the rationale behind this half hearted atempt at
>making /bin/sh look like ksh ?

I think it is called "POSIX" :-)  I may be wrong, though.

	/Mikko
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 Mikko Työläjärvi_____________________________________________mikko@dynas.se
 DynaSoft