Bourne shell modifications, past and future

[K. Richard Magill]

In article <161 at nitrex.UUCP> rob at nitrex.UUCP (rob robertson) writes:
>My main problem with SysV's version of Bourne Shell is that functions
>don't stick around in a new invocation of the shell.  In Berkley a
>.cshrc is executed when ever a new shell is involked keeping the alias
>around.  Korn shell fixed that by providing an enviornment variable,
>ENV which contains the name of a file to be executed whenever a new shell
>is involked.  Also in Korn shell, he provides BOTH aliasing and functions.
>Aliasing is faster, but functions are more complex.
>

ksh functions can also be exported.

K. Richard Magill