Re: [Sheflug] .profile difference

[Will Newton <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 02 Apr 2002 9:10 pm, Chris J wrote:

> Shouldn't need to be; ksh and sh can differ quite extensively (integer
> arithmatic, arrays, extended 'test'), but it's never stopped me writing
> ksh-ism's into .profile. As bash is pretty much compatible with both sh and
> ksh, it just seems odd. Extra complexity for no obvious point.

The relationship between bash, sh and ksh is roughly:

bash > ksh > sh

as regards to features. bash has so many more little additions that it really 
needs it's own config file. e.g. try using a pure POSIX shell like ash with 
all your shell scripts.

Not sure where zsh fits in exactly.
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