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From: koren@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: ?? Bug In SKSH ??????
Message-ID: <11640027@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Nov 90 05:41:07 GMT
References: <0093FFDD.98022880@lne.kth.se>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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> >I'm trying to get SKSH (the Unix like shell ) to work on my Amiga, but there
> > seems to be a bug when used together with the A590 harddisc. When i start
> > SKSH it newer alters the path.

> > This was all very confusing
> > so I tried to disconnect the hard drive and start from 
> >a ordinar disc. This worked fine,

> The SKSH you're using must have a problem with NULL pointers.  Some
> versions of the A590 roms put values in location 0, and SKSH must not be
> checking for NULL before dereferencing pointers.  Note that any program that

If indeed this is the problem it is certainly a bug in SKsh.  (As
Randell mentioned, dereferencing null pointers is not wise).  However,
I'm not yet entirely convinced this is the cause of the problem for
several reasons I won't discuss here.  What happens if you explicitly
set the PATH variable instead of using the shell function?  Send me
mail and we will try to resolve the problem...

   - steve