On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 16:41:37 +1100 (EST)  "Simon J. Gerraty" wrote:

> Sounds silly doesn't it.

Nope.

> b) dev/MAKEDEV could be run on the server.
> 
> At present the use of cute features like $(($unit + 16)) etc

POSIXy "sh" braindamage.  Are there still SunOS 4.x and similar
vintage servers that don't have ksh or a POSIX shell available?

Nevertheless expr(1) would be fine.  Any shell portability purists
with commit access?

<aside>ksh scripts grumble grumble</aside>

Giles