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From: res@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Stampfli)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Using ksh for command escapes from UA (UNIXPC)
Keywords: ua, ksh, !commands, UNIXPC
Message-ID: <1784@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 30 Oct 88 17:38:51 GMT
References: <2507@rtech.rtech.com>
Reply-To: res@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Stampfli)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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In article <2507@rtech.rtech.com> ralph@rtech.rtech.com (Ralph Harnden) writes:
>When using "!command" to invoke commands from UA windows, it seems that UA
>fork/exec's /usr/lib/ua/uasetx, passing the parameters "/bin/sh -c command".
>Uasetx, in turn, seems to fork/exec the shell (first parameter) to invoke
>the command.  And the shell, in turn, fork/exec's the command.  
>
[ description of how to modify above pgms to use ksh ]
>
>Anybody:  Is there an easier way?  If not, I hope this helps....

I just moved /bin/sh and linked /bin/ksh as /bin/sh.  Seriously, I have yet to
find one thing that *doesn't* work because of this.

Rob Stampfli
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