On 1/27/13 3:55 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
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> Excellent point -- then what is the point of POSIX compatibility?
To provide a useful subset of all the shell language features that can be
used to write scripts portable between shells that offer that feature set.
> Considering that there seems to be no way to run Bash in POSIX-only mode,
> (and likely other POSIX-'compatible' [sic]) shells are similar -- they support
> the minimums, but have no way for someone to determine if their script is
> POSIX compatible (meaning only using POSIX)...
You have to actually use the standard.
Chet
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