Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!david From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman) Newsgroups: hacknews Subject: running a new shell Message-ID: <3624@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 10:49:13 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.3624 Posted: Mon Mar 12 10:49:13 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Mar-84 10:49:13 EST Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 10 We are running a new (interim) version of the shell (sh(1)). This is just a brief step toward running the System 5 shell. The version we are now running has a built-in echo(1) and test(1), but the main purpose for its installation was to incorporate a change to the "set" built-in. Set will now recognize "--" as a marker for the end of the shell options. We can now make changes to programs that use set in ways that would be incompatible with the System 5 shell. -- David Trueman @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!david