Re: help on bashisms

2007-12-17 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:40:25 +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: >Anyway I shall go the plan9/rc(1) way. I don't think that was a serious suggestion. No matter what shell you prefer yourself for interactive use it is a good idea to use the default shell in scripts which are intended for wide use.

Re: help on bashisms

2007-12-16 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On 23:59:29 Dec 16, Steve Shockley wrote: > Girish Venkatachalam wrote: >> How to make powerful and useful bash scripts to OpenBSD? >> Should I make them work with pdksh or can I add bash as dependency? > > Are you talking about ports that require bash to build? I'd say convert > them to use ksh,

Re: help on bashisms

2007-12-16 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On 23:38:01 Dec 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's your call. I tend to prefer the syntax of ksh. Some people > prefer sh.If you like the truly exotic you can install the very > powerfull rc from plan9 ports. Wow. Great. You saved my day. But also given me work since I have to learn something n

Re: help on bashisms

2007-12-16 Thread Steve Shockley
Girish Venkatachalam wrote: How to make powerful and useful bash scripts to OpenBSD? Should I make them work with pdksh or can I add bash as dependency? Are you talking about ports that require bash to build? I'd say convert them to use ksh, I don't see the point of installing a shell just t

Re: help on bashisms

2007-12-16 Thread marina
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: Dear fellow porters, How to make powerful and useful bash scripts to OpenBSD? Should I make them work with pdksh or can I add bash as dependency? Thanks. -Girish It's your call. I tend to prefer the syntax of ksh. Some people prefer sh.If y

help on bashisms

2007-12-16 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
Dear fellow porters, How to make powerful and useful bash scripts to OpenBSD? Should I make them work with pdksh or can I add bash as dependency? Thanks. -Girish