Re: Re: OT - Linux books ??

so different flavors of linux are more compatible?

i thought the only two unix players out there now are HP and Solaris. who else is out there?

so is going between unix flavors like going between databases?
>
> From: "Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au>
> Date: 2003/08/26 Tue AM 09:59:33 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: OT - Linux books ??
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > how different is it to administer oracle on different flavors of unix? Im running into some annoying nuassances in
> syntax between solaris korn shell and hp-unix korn shell.
> >
> > is it just little syntax differences or is there alot more to it?
> > >
>
> You sure it's HP korn-shell? The default shell looks like korn,
> but it isn't. Looks like bourne as well, but again: it isn't.
> It is indeed the Posix shell, which is about right between
> the other 2.
>
> The only shell I've always found is reliable is the old
> bourne shell. Just about the same everywhere. Once again,
> the default HP one is NOT the bourne shell even though it
> is called "sh". Of course you lose the niceties of command
> history and such, but if you're writing admin scripts what
> the heck do you need history for?
>
> Let's not touch the C-shell...
>
> As for administration of Unix itself: yikes! Depends
> which was the original Unix flavour: AT&T System V
> or Berkeley BSD. SunOS was mostly BSD, Solaris got
> a lot of SystemV in it. HP was mostly BSD, but it got
> a lot of the SV stuff into it until HP decided to become
> Posix-compliant. Since then, it's been potluck.
>
> This basically means that features will be very much the same
> in principle, but located in different directory structures,
> used with different utilities, and have slightly different
> parameters.
>
> Welcome to the joys of Unix incompatibility with itself.
> No wonder people are going Linux.
> Oh! Hang-on a tick...
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au
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