Greg Wooledge wrote: > 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.
Of course! The simple answer! Now why did my brain block that obvious solution from me? :-) Bob
