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From: root@uwspan.UUCP (Sue Peru Sr.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: SVR3.0 vs BSD4.3
Message-ID: <2942@uwspan.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 88 21:16:44 GMT
References: <12414@brl-adm.ARPA> <4361@megaron.arizona.edu> <7499@brl-smoke.ARPA> <2423@bsu-cs.UUCP> <1781@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: plocher@uwspan.UUCP (John Plocher)
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Organization: U of Wisconsin - Madison  Spanish Department
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+---- In <1781@bgsuvax.UUCP> Kenneth Kutz writes ----
| +---- In <2423@bsu-cs.UUCP>, Rahul Dhesi writes ----
| | Here are some things I see under 4.3BSD that I don't see under SVR3,
| +----
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| I've recently come from a System V environment to a BSD 4.3 environment.
| I've kept a list of some of the differences I've found.

In comparing this list to the SystemVr2 (Microport) that I have here, I found
a few things that didn't jive.  I would like to know if these are r2 -> r3
differences, or if they are "local additions".

| exit Sys V: From the shell prompt, will return the user to the login prompt
|      BSD  : Does not log the user out.

BSD 4.3 (NFS/Wisconsin)  exit does indeed log you out

| echo Sys V: Cursor control supported such as backspacing (\b), cursor up (\v),
|        tab (\t), no new line (\c).
|      BSD  : Cursor control only by embedding actual character (such as tab)

Is this a r3-ism or what?  \v would have to use the terminfo database...

| Sys V: "/etc/profile" is a system wide start up script that gets executed
|        for every user that logs in.
| BSD  : Set up the administrator how he sees fit.  No standard method.

/etc/profile works ONLY for the Bourne Shell users - no go for csh or uucico...

| Sys V: Bourne Shell provides variable "CDPATH".
| BSD  : Various shells from the net that provide wonderful things

Not in r2 :-(, but standard? in 4.2/3 BSD csh.

| Sys V: "ls -l" gives the UID and user name
| BSD  : Just user name

ls -l gives user name and group name under Vr2.

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