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From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MacMinix mentioned in UNIX Today!
Summary: cd is not a program
Message-ID: <2755@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 90 06:21:53 GMT
References: <1990Feb2.160607.5903@DSUVAX.uucp> <15380004@hpfilis.HP.COM>
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In article <15380004@hpfilis.HP.COM>, larry@hpfilis.HP.COM writes:

> >6. WHAT PROGRAMS COME WITH MINIX
> >The list below gives the programs that are distributed with Version 1.3:
> > ...
> > sh shar size sleep sort spell split strings strip stty su
> > ...
> 
> It seems there are some noteworthy omissions:
>     awk
>     cd
>     vi

The cd command is a shell (in this case "sh") built-in, not a separate
program, just as it is in all Unix-like systems.

Minix doesn't have lex or yacc either but their omission is really
insignificant compared to the omission of floating point support
(not even if you have hardware FP -- it's not in the compiler or the
kernel).

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