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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: cnews on a 3B1 with ksh
Message-ID: <1452@hulda.erbe.se>
Date: 24 May 90 13:25:36 GMT
References: <1990May22.212714.6570@bagend.uucp> <2254@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
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In article <2254@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
> In article <1990May22.212714.6570@bagend.uucp> jan@bagend.uucp (Jan Isley) writes:

> | Given that all of the cnews files begin with '#! /bin/sh', why
> | do the processes blindly run off and do their /bin/ksh thing?  If you
> | are going to tell me to RTFM about why #! /bin/sh does not work on the
> | 3B1, please include the page number you found it on, okay?  I missed it.

If '#!' isn't mentioned in the docs, your system probably doesn't support
it.

>   Have you ever seen a manual which listed all the things which are not
> features? As far as I know the 3B1 does not have any such feature, which
> is why it is not documented. I believe that SYSV has a feature which is
> "uses" or something, but I can't find it quickly right now.

The '#! <whatever>' is originally a BSD thingie, now also implemented in
many enhanced ports of generic System V. System V supports the
': use <whatever>' thingie.

Thus, you should change the scripts so that the first line looks like
': use /bin/sh' rather than '#! /bin/sh'.

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