06-02-2009
My answer: because ksh is (1) installed by default on more systems, and (2) is generally available no matter what boot mode (ie, single-user), and (3) older admins don't know/care about 3rd party (ie, GNU) tools. Also, (4) because of (1), you can write shell scripts that are more "portable".
In terms of capabilities, I doubt there are many differences between bash and ksh. But there are subtle differences that can and will break shell scripts.
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suspend
suspend(1) User Commands suspend(1)
NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell
SYNOPSIS
sh
suspend
csh
suspend
ksh
suspend
DESCRIPTION
sh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
csh
Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su.
ksh
Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5)
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