UPDATE: KSH question: test, [ ... ] and [[ ... ]]

From: Narendra Raavi <narendra_at_spiff.hr.att.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 20:45:11 -0500

Hi Managers,

My previous message was not precise. These are the questions for which I
seek answers.

1. When is KSH on Tru64 going to be updated to a version after Dec 1993?

2. When is KSH going to support "associative" arrays? When Compaq moves to
   a newer version of KSH on Tru64 I suppose.

3. Under what conditions would you use [[ ... ]]; as opposed to just
   [[ ... ]] ?


I'd appreciate any answers, and will summarize.

Responses so far:

1. Get and compile a newer version yourself. (I have done this for my lab,
   but cannot do so for the production environment).
2. [[ is not as portable as test or [

-- 
 -- Narendra Ra[a]vi     Email : narendra_at_spiff.hr.att.com
    MT  A4-4B27       Phone : 732-420-7792
Original Message:
> Hi Managers,
> 
> I have a few questions regarding the KSH shell on Tru64 boxes.
> 
> 1. When is a KSH shell on Tru64 going to support arrays? I believe that the
>   version of KSH on my V4.0F box is older than 11/16/88.
> 
> 2. When would you use [ ... ] over [[ ... ]]? Looks like [[ ]]
>    supercedes [ ].
> 
> 3. Under what conditions would you use [[ ... ]]; ?
> 
> I'll summarize. Thank you.
-- 
 -- Narendra Ra[a]vi     Email : narendra_at_spiff.hr.att.com
    MT  A4-4B27       Phone : 732-420-7792

Received on Tue Dec 12 2000 - 01:35:50 NZDT