[NTLUG:Discuss] what is ":bad option"?

[Chris Cox]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
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> Doesn't it include Korn Shell?  I thought that /bin/ksh had gotten pretty
> ubiquitous by now, and it's a fair bit more functional than Original
> Bourne Shell.

SunOS 4.x (though old...just has Bourne and Csh)

> 
> Anything where I'm trying to keep it portable, I use ksh, as it's
> available on all the systems I've used lately, and tracks the POSIX
> shell standard.
> 
> <aside> I noticed this week that Perl was installed on a "bog
> standard" Solaris box; looks like it's nearly getting ubiquitous
> too... </aside>

Yep...it's available on....dare I say it.... NT.
Even Bourne (and therefore Korn too) shell isn't on NT
without some assistance (e.g. GNU Win32, MKS Toolkit, others).

Regards,
Chris