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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: looking for korn
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 93 22:06:24 GMT
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In article <1odeqt$2edq@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
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>In article <52540001@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com> reink@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com
>(Reinier Kleipool) writes:
>>
>> Try bash, which should be in /usr/othersrc/public/bash.... it's not
>> the same, but all korn shell features (and more) are available.
>
>This is false.  Bash does not have arrays or process redirection, two
>features which I use constantly in rc and ksh.

There *is* a ksh available for 386BSD.  It was one of the things ported
when ref.tfs.com was up for doing that sort of thing.

It is available from:

agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial/from-ref


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
					terry_lambert@novell.com
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