Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:12362 comp.unix.admin:2170 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!tellab5!vpnet!gagme!greg From: greg@gagme.chi.il.us (Gregory Gulik) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Shells for SYSV machines Message-ID: <1513@gagme.chi.il.us> Date: 6 Jun 91 23:10:20 GMT References: Followup-To: comp.sys.att Organization: GAGME - Public Access UNIX of Chicago, Illinois, USA, Earth Lines: 29 john@wpi.WPI.EDU (John F Stoffel) writes: > > I'm looking for a replacement shell for my 3b2/400. I want a shell > that has history and aliases. I have bash from the gnu project up and > running (sorta), but I don't want something that BIG. At 700K+, it is > just too big for what I want. Really? I stipped my executable so now it's only 248704 bytes long. > I've looked at vsh, ash, bash, tcsh. The best would probably be tcsh, > but I don't have the sources to csh, and I don't think I can afford to > get a source license from Berkely. You don't need to. tcsh binaries are available by anonymous ftp from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu. > Does anyone out there know of a good shell for SYSV with the features > I want? Thanks! YOu could always BUY ksh from the AT&T Toolchest. I don't know the number offhand. -greg -- Gregory A. Gulik Call Gagme, a public greg@gagme.chi.il.us || gulik@depaul.edu access UNIX system at || gulik@motcid.rtsg.mot.com (312) 714-8568