On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 12:59:29PM -0400, Andrew Brown wrote:

 > lim=0
 > sect[$lim]=main;        alt[$lim]="MAIN";               lim=`expr $lim + 1`
 > sect[$lim]=tv;          alt[$lim]="TELEVISION";         lim=`expr $lim + 1`
 > 
 > but solaris's /bin/sh doesn't do that, and neither does netbsd's.  the
 > "well-defined" set of features is blurred by the fact that "everyone
 > supports it", but everyone also adds their own stuff.  it's hard for
 > me to tell where it starts and ends.  :(

The Single UNIX Specification is available online at www.opengroup.org.
The sh(1) described there is essentially POSIX sh(1).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>