Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!ddsw1!koala From: koala@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Meiser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: ksh incompatabilities with sh? Message-ID: <1262@ddsw1.UUCP> Date: 23 Jun 88 19:23:45 GMT Article-I.D.: ddsw1.1262 References: <5812@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <4862@teddy.UUCP> Reply-To: koala@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Meiser) Followup-To: koala@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Meiser) Organization: Traveller's Aid, Mundelein, IL Lines: 19 Summary: So? In article <4862@teddy.UUCP> jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes: >>It should be noted, however, that the Korn shell (at least the >>versions I've used) does _n_o_t keep the environment alphabetized, >>as do the other shells; this is a documented inconsistency ... > >Sorry, but csh doesn't seem to keep environment variables alphabetized, >either. This would appear to be an ideosyncracy unique to "sh". > But is this a plus or a minus? Is there anything serious wrong with not alphabetizing? Suppose you want to find the last changed variable. It all depends on what you want on how you look at it -- Karl Meiser ..!att!spl1!ddsw1!koala I said that?? I musta been sleeping!