[shell-discuss] Re: [osol-code] Coding (style) guidelines for shell scripts ?

[Peter Memishian]

 > 
 > > * Using -p" for starting non-interactive shell scipts is AFAIK a NO-OP,
 > > e.g.
 > > -- snip --
 > > #!/bin/ksh -p
 > > -- snip --
 > > should be replaced with
 > > -- snip --
 > > #!/bin/ksh
 > > -- snip --
 > 
 > I've recently been burned by this one.  lucreate or luupgrade (I
 > forget which) blew up due to missing -p and having some questionable
 > stuff in the file pointed to by $ENV.

Indeed.  I think the rule should be exactly the opposite of Roland's
advice: "-p" should be mandatory in all shell scripts.  (We've been burned
by this internally many, many times.)

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meem