oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/22/2004 10:39:12 AM: > > -----Original Message----- > > It alwys comes out no? Anyway to get around this? > > There are different versions of the real ksh (i.e. the one from Bell Labs) > ksh -- ksh88 and ksh93. ksh93 is the one you want. If you are on Linux, > you probably have public domain ksh (pdksh ... which isn't called pdksh on > Linux because the Linux propeller heads want you to believe there is > something wrong with ksh) which is broke and should not be used; but the > Linux propeller heads insist on including the broken ksh because they, in > their infallible wisdom, have decided you should use bash. If you are in > this situation, ksh93 can be downloaded for free. > kshpd may be 'broken', but my trusty, time-tested and reliable .profile and .kshrc work properly with the PD version, which is more than I can say for the 93 version. In particular, it mucks up my PS1. It ain't worth the time to rectify so that I can do [ (( 1.2 > 1.1 ) ]. That's what Perl is for. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------