04-04-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by
stomp
My system (Linux: Debian 9 - Stretch) shows two available ksh packages here:
- ksh - Real, AT&T version of the Korn shell
- mksh - MirBSD Korn Shell
I'm not sure if on of these versions is really compatible with the HP-UX Version of ksh. But since ksh is open source since 2000 I would assume that this issue is safe.
The "mksh" is a freeware project which has more in common with bash than ksh but is compatible with neither one. My suggestion is: hands off! The other is a correct and specification-conforming ksh93, in version "u+" or thereabouts. You should use this at any rate.
There are also the sources for the Korn shell, which can be downloaded at Github (
GitHub - att/ksh: KornShell Command and Programming Language), since AT&T discontinued to host it. This will guarantee you the latest version but you will have to compile it on your own. I suggest to use the Debian package if you use a Debian-based system. Similar packages with the compiled binaries can be downloaded from RedHat (for RedHat-based systems), etc..
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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SHCOMP(1) Korn shell utilities SHCOMP(1)
NAME
shcomp - compile a shell script
SYNOPSIS
shcomp [ options ] [infile [outfile]]
DESCRIPTION
Unless -D is specified, shcomp takes a shell script, infile, and creates a binary format file, outfile, that ksh can read and execute with
the same effect as the original script.
Since aliases are processed as the script is read, alias definitions whose value requires variable expansion will not work correctly.
If -D is specified, all double quoted strings that are preceded by $ are output. These are the messages that need to be translated to
locale specific versions for internationalization.
If outfile is omitted, then the results will be written to standard output. If infile is also omitted, the shell script will be read from
standard input.
OPTIONS
[D dictionary] Generate a list of strings that need to be placed in a message catalog for internationalization. [n noexec] Displays warn-
ing messages for obsolete or non-conforming constructs. [v verbose] Displays input from infile onto standard error as it reads it.
EXIT STATUS
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.
SEE ALSO
ksh(1)
IMPLEMENTATION
version
shcomp (AT&T Research) 2003-03-02
author
David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
copyright
Copyright (c) 1982-2010 AT&T Intellectual Property
license
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt
2003-03-02 SHCOMP(1)