Re: sh-script mode does not understand printf

[Kevin Rodgers]

Glenn Morris wrote:

> Kevin Rodgers wrote:
>
> > # /bin/ksh88 -c "type printf"
> > printf is /usr/bin/printf
> > # /bin/ksh93 -c "type printf"
> > printf is a shell builtin
>
> That's an awkward one, because (AFAICS) sh-script.el doesn't know
> anything about ksh93. "ksh" is assumed to be ksh88. Do you think ksh88
> and ksh93 differ significantly enough for it to be worth adding code
> for ksh93 to sh-script? Is "ksh" these days more likely to be ksh88 or
> ksh93?

That's a good question.  The folks on comp.unix.shell would say ksh93 (which
does have a lot of new features I'm just now learning about), but Sun e.g.
still distributes ksh88.  What do the major GNU/Linux distributions provide?

http://kornshell.com/
http://www.research.att.com/sw/download/

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Kevin Rodgers