Hi All,

I would like to know of the steps needed for the implementation of a shell in AIX. This shell is written by one of our developers and is currently running in Solaris. This needs to be ported to AIX. Does any of you guys know the implementation steps to do this. If so please do let me know.

Thanks in advance,
R.Dhanamurthy

You can just try compiling it under AIX. If it doesn't give any trouble while compiling, go ahead and use it. If no Solaris specific stuff is in the code, it shouldn't be a problem.

Blowtorch,

Compiling wont be a problem i guess. Since i dont have any idea of how to implement a new shell. I just would like to know what are the steps to implement the shell. Like putting some entries in /etc/shells or what else should be done.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance
R.Dhanamurthy

When you talk of porting, it usually means that you want to rewrite the existing application to run/run efficiently on another system. Just getting it setup as a user's shell will be much easier. Can't help you with AIX though, I don't really know much about the system.

Am not aware of AIX system,

but I could probably think of a situation ( this might not be possible as well )
where quoting of specific directory structures in using a command, could be a problem as they are different systems and possibly directory structures for commands might differ

Not sure really!

This was the initial request from the OP

More like making it to run in AIX as well.