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software request for solaris: dtksh

Postby cjpinon_solaris » Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:37 pm

Hi,

Apparently, the modern version of ksh (ksh93) on Solaris (at least Solaris 10) is dtksh, and not ksh:

https://community.oracle.com/thread/2363447

Would it be possible to install dtksh on solaris? (It comes with the desktop environment -- hence "dt".)

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Re: software request for solaris: dtksh

Postby cjpinon_solaris » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:49 pm

Apparently, the modern version of ksh (ksh93) on Solaris (at least Solaris 10) is dtksh, and not ksh:


It wasn't obvious how to determine the version of ksh on solaris (the standard ways failed), but this finally worked:

$ ksh
$ set -o vi
Then: Esc Ctrl+v
$ Version M-11/16/88i

Which confirms that ksh on solaris is ksh88.

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Re: software request for solaris: dtksh

Postby zoli » Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:22 pm

/usr/bin/dtksh
/usr/dt/bin/dtksh
...are added to /etc/shells

Version M-12/28/93
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Re: software request for solaris: dtksh

Postby cjpinon_solaris » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:07 pm

Thanks, Zoli.

It's funny: I think that my memories of using ksh93 in the past are fonder than the reality -- I'm afraid that it's hard to beat bash for interactive use!

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