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From: mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Korn Shell
Keywords: Korn Husk Butter Fried Frozen Yellow Goes-Well-With-Peas Shell
Message-ID: <857@lilink.UUCP>
Date: 1 Oct 89 14:53:08 GMT
References: <195@sdscal.UUCP>
Reply-To: mikej@lilink.UUCP (Michael R. Johnston)
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In article <195@sdscal.UUCP> keith@sdscal.UUCP (Keith Jones) writes:
>
>I've heard good things about the Korn Shell and, if I remember correctly, it
>is public domain.  If it is in fact PD, could somebody kindly mail me the
>source (I don't have access to ftp)?  If it isn't PD, could somebody kindly
>tell how I could get a hold of it (remembering that our system doesn't know
>what the word ftp means)?

If I'm not mistaken, the Ksh is the copyrighted property of AT&T and can only
be obtained by purchasing the source code and signing the licensing agreement. 
I logged onto the AT&T Toolchest BBS not too long ago and recall seeing ksh
available for a mere 20,000 dollars. If you'd like to check it out for your
own self call (201) 522-6900 (1200-8-n-1) and login as 'guest'. There's
a whole blurb there on it and other AT&T source code.

Alternatively, you might try obtaining Bash (Born again Shell) from the
GNU Project. It has many of the features available in the Ksh as well as
some of it's own extensions. Best of all: It's free!
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