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From: cmf@cisunx.UUCP (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Info on BRL shell
Message-ID: <12748@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 24 Sep 88 03:48:17 GMT
References: <406@marob.MASA.COM> <8473@smoke.ARPA> <12192@steinmetz.ge.com> <3503@phri.UUCP> <8137@elsie.UUCP>
Reply-To: cmf@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Carl M. Fongheiser)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <8137@elsie.UUCP> ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) writes:
>One problem is that the decision can't be made in a vacuum.  The manual
>page for su(1) on our SunOS 4.0 system notes that
>	To remind the super-user of his responsibilities,
>	the shell substitutes `#' for '$' or '%' in its usual prompt.
>If shells are set up to behave differently, the su(1) documentation becomes
>incorrect.

For that matter, the 7th edition man page for su(1) has a similar statement.
How about the System V man pages?

				Carl Fongheiser
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