Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ghost file
Message-ID: <497@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 23 Nov 88 18:49:30 GMT
References: <17625@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>The Bourne shell uses the 8th bit of characters for special purposes

The Bourne shell, in releases prior to System V Release 3, uses the 8th
bit of characters for quoting purposes; the S5R3 Bourne shell, and later
releases, do not.  SunOS 4.0, as well as systems that advertise
themselves as S5R3-based, have that version of the shell.

The C shell, as it comes from Berkeley, and versions of the Korn shell
prior to "ksh-i" also use the 8th bit for quoting purposes.