[ksh93-integration-discuss] printf syntax and /sbin/sh compatibility

Casper.Dik at Sun.COM Casper.Dik at Sun.COM
Fri Feb 8 07:39:00 PST 2008


>so even though the script has worked, it will eventually fail on
>some conforming posix implementation


While this is true, it proofs the point that replacing a
script interpreter with another brings risk (and clearly also breakage).

Since ksh93's "printf" does not accept any options, why does it parse
the options anyway?

Casper



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