On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:07:32AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Migrating FROM something that used Korn shell, I presume? Why not > > just install Korn shell and use #!/bin/ksh on your scripts, if you need > > to rely on Korn shell features?
> When I read this I was torn about suggesting that ksh should be > installed. It would almost certainly allow the legacy scripts to > work. But then you would probably have system scripts that have come > to expect bash as the /bin/sh and now don't have it. I would not suggest pointing /bin/sh to ksh. Just install ksh and change the shebang on the scripts that require its features.
